venom
To infect with venom; to envenom; to poisonTo infect with venom; to envenom; to poison.
» This snake's venom is very potent.
Das Gift dieser Schlange ist sehr stark. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Яд этой змеи очень сильный. — Balamax
У этой змеи очень сильный яд. — Balamax
Эта змея обладает очень сильным ядом. — Balamax
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1 senses(obsolete)To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison.
Examples
12 sentencesThis snake's venom is very potent.
ruЯд этой змеи очень сильный. — Balamax
deDas Gift dieser Schlange ist sehr stark. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The venom is in the tail.
The venom of most spiders is harmless to humans.
There is no antidote for the venom of this snake.
ruОт яда этой змеи не существует противоядия. — odexed
The politician's bilious speech overflowed with venom but lacked substance.
Origin
From Middle English venym, from Old French venim, from Vulgar Latin *venīmen, from Early MFrom Middle English venym, from Old French venim, from Vulgar Latin *venīmen, from Early Medieval Latin venīnum, from Classical Latin venēnum (“drug; poison; a charm”), ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to love”). Doublet of venin and venene.
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Forms
venoms, venoming, venomed, venomedWord family
1 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
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.