poison
To use poison to kill or paralyseTo use poison to kill or paralyse (somebody).
» Have you ever had food poisoning?
Hatten Sie schon mal eine Lebensmittelvergiftung? — al_ex_an_der
Hast du schon mal eine Lebensmittelvergiftung gehabt? — Adelpa
У вас когда-нибудь было пищевое отравление? — afyodor
Вы когда-нибудь травились пищей? — sharptoothed
У тебя когда-нибудь было пищевое отравление? — marafon
У тебе колись було харчове отруєння? — deniko
У вас колись було харчове отруєння? — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
6 senses(transitive)To use poison to kill or paralyse (somebody).
The assassin poisoned the king.
vergiften
отравля́тьotravljátʹ, трави́тьtravítʹ, отрави́тьotravítʹ
отру́юватиotrújuvaty, тру́їтиtrújity, отру́їтиotrújity
kill with poison
(transitive)To pollute; to cause to become poisonous.
That factory is poisoning the river.
отравля́тьotravljátʹ, трави́тьtravítʹ, отрави́тьotravítʹ
(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
(transitive)To cause (someone) to hate or to have unfair negative opinions.
She's poisoned him against all his old friends.
To inhibit the catalytic activity of.
(transitive)To place false or malicious data into (a cache, etc.) as part of an exploit.
Examples
492 sentencesHave you ever had food poisoning?
У тебе колись було харчове отруєння? — deniko
ruУ вас когда-нибудь было пищевое отравление? — afyodor
deHatten Sie schon mal eine Lebensmittelvergiftung? — al_ex_an_der
He killed himself by taking poison.
Він покінчив з собою, прийнявши отруту. — iceman
ruОн покончил с собой, приняв яд. — loins
deEr brachte sich mit Gift um. — Alois
Tom drank some poison by mistake.
Том випадково випив отрути. — deniko
ruТом случайно выпил яду. — marafon
deTom trank versehentlich etwas Gift. — raggione
Someone tried to poison our dog's food.
Хтось намагався отруїти їжу нашого собаки. — deniko
ruКто-то пытался подложить яду в корм нашей собаке. — Lathean
I'm not the one who poisoned Tom.
Це не я отруїв Тома. — deniko
ruЯ не тот, кто отравил Тома. — alexdiment
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English poysoun, poyson, pusoun, from Old French poison, poisun, from Latin pōFrom 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, poisonedSynonyms
5 synonyms- add poison to:envenom
Word family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
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 dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.