Poison Poisoned Poisoning ˈpɔɪzn Fumes Verb Bre Chapter

• in the last chapter, she poisons herself with arsenic.
• thousands are at risk of being poisoned by fumes from faulty heaters.
• a poisoned arrow
• someone had been poisoning his food.

poison

1. to harm or kill a person or an animal by giving them poison
• In the last chapter, she poisons herself with arsenic.
• Thousands are at risk of being poisoned by fumes from faulty heaters.
2. to put poison in or on something
• a poisoned arrow
• Someone had been poisoning his food.
• Large sections of the river have been poisoned by toxic waste from factories.
• Exhaust fumes are poisoning our cities.
3. to have a bad effect on something
• His comment served only to poison the atmosphere still further.
• She succeeded in poisoning their minds against me.
4. a thing that seems attractive when it is given to somebody but which soon becomes unpleasant
• He inherited a poisoned chalice when he took over the job as union leader.

Extra Examples

• He was convicted of trying to poison her.
• He was accused of poisoning his wife.
• I hope that if we do have disagreements they won’t poison our relationship.
• Poisoning the rats is expensive and harmful to the environment.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they poison
• he / she / it poisons
• past simple poisoned
• past participle poisoned
• -ing form poisoning

Word Origin

• Middle English (denoting a harmful medicinal draught): from Old French poison ‘magic potion’, from Latin potio(n-) ‘potion’, related to potare ‘to drink’.