poison in English: Something that makes you very ill or kills you if you eat it, drink it or breathe it in. (noun)

Translation

Something that makes you very ill or kills you if you eat it, drink it or breathe it in.

Word origin

From Old French poison, a drink, from Latin potio. A poison was once simply a prepared drink.

Gender

Pluralpoisons

.

"Poison" is usually uncountable when you mean the substance.

.

A skull is the common warning sign for poison.

.

"Poison" also works as a verb: to poison someone.

kill

To make a person, animal, or plant die.

drug

Something you take that changes your body or your mind. Some drugs are medicine; others are against the law.

bottle

A tall container with a narrow top, used to hold water and other drinks.

death

The end of life, when a person or animal stops living.

danger

The chance that something bad or harmful may happen.

chemical

A substance made or studied in chemistry, especially one made in a factory or laboratory.

deadly

Able to kill; so dangerous that it can end a life.

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.