Meaning

6 senses
  1. (transitive)To use poison to kill or paralyse (somebody).

    The assassin poisoned the king.

    vergiften

    отравля́тьotravljátʹ, трави́тьtravítʹ, отрави́тьotravítʹ

    отру́юватиotrújuvaty, тру́їтиtrújity, отру́їтиotrújity

    kill with poison

  2. (transitive)To pollute; to cause to become poisonous.

    That factory is poisoning the river.

    отравля́тьotravljátʹ, трави́тьtravítʹ, отрави́тьotravítʹ

  3. (transitive)To cause to become much worse.

    Suspicion will poison their relationship.

    He poisoned the mood in the room with his non-stop criticism.

    отравля́тьotravljátʹ, отрави́тьotravítʹ

  4. (transitive)To cause (someone) to hate or to have unfair negative opinions.

    She's poisoned him against all his old friends.

  5. To inhibit the catalytic activity of.

  6. (transitive)To place false or malicious data into (a cache, etc.) as part of an exploit.

Examples

492 sentences
  1. Have you ever had food poisoning?

    У тебе колись було харчове отруєння?

    ruУ вас когда-нибудь было пищевое отравление?

    deHatten Sie schon mal eine Lebensmittelvergiftung?

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  2. He killed himself by taking poison.

    Він покінчив з собою, прийнявши отруту.

    ruОн покончил с собой, приняв яд.

    deEr brachte sich mit Gift um.

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  3. Tom drank some poison by mistake.

    Том випадково випив отрути.

    ruТом случайно выпил яду.

    deTom trank versehentlich etwas Gift.

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  4. Someone tried to poison our dog's food.

    Хтось намагався отруїти їжу нашого собаки.

    ruКто-то пытался подложить яду в корм нашей собаке.

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  5. I'm not the one who poisoned Tom.

    Це не я отруїв Тома.

    ruЯ не тот, кто отравил Тома.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate:
Русский
By meaning 1
to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to use poison to kill or paralyse — see also envenom, intoxicate:

Origin

From Middle English poysoun, poyson, pusoun, from Old French poison, poisun, from Latin pō

From Middle English poysoun, poyson, pusoun, from Old French poison, poisun, from Latin pōtiōnem (“drink, a draught, a poisonous draught, a potion”), from pōtō (“to drink”). See also potion and potable (from the same root). Mostly displaced native Old English ātor and lybb. See more at atter.

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Forms

poisons, poisoning, poisoned, poisoned
Base formpoison · to poison
3rd person singularpoisons
Present participlepoisoning
Past simplepoisoned
Past participlepoisoned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypoison
he, she, itpoisons

Past simpleLesson

all personspoisoned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave poisoned
he, she, ithas poisoned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill poison

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words

Collocations

9 patterns
  • tried to poison
  • some rat poison
  • rat poison
  • by taking poison
  • one who poisoned
  • food poisoning
  • poisoned ourselves
  • poisoned himself
  • taking poison

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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