Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - venom
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Venom
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(venoms) 1. You can use venom to refer to someone’s feelings of great bitterness and anger towards someone. He reserved particular venom for critics of his foreign policy... N-UNCOUNT 2. The venom of a creature such as a snake or spider is the poison that it puts into your body when it bites or stings you. ...snake handlers who grow immune to snake venom. = poison N-MASS
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English venim, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *venimen, alteration of Latin venenum magic charm, drug, poison; akin to Latin venus love, charm — more at win Date: 13th century 1. poisonous matter normally secreted by some animals (as snakes, scorpions, or bees) and transmitted to prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging; broadly material that is poisonous 2. ill will, malevolence II. transitive verb Date: 14th century en~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a poisonous fluid secreted by snakes, scorpions, etc., usu. transmitted by a bite or sting. 2 malignity; virulence of feeling, language, or conduct. Derivatives venomed adj. Etymology: ME f. OF venim, var. of venin ult. f. L venenum poison ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. яд (обыкн. животного происхождения) 2. злоба she vented all her venom on us —- она излила на нас всю свою злобу 3. отравлять (что-л.) 4. отравлять, портить, делать невыносимым 5. озлоблять, раздражать, наполянть ядом ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ n 1 a liquid poison that some snakes, insects etc produce and that they use when biting or stinging another animal or insect 2 extreme anger or hatred (There was real venom in her voice.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- early 13c., from Anglo-Fr. and O.Fr. venim, from V.L. *venimen, from L. venenum "poison, drug, potion," perhaps ultimately connected to venus "erotic love," in which case the original meaning might have been "love potion." The meaning "bitter, virulent feeling or language" is first recorded early 14c. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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