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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Venom \Ven"om\, n. [OE. venim, OF. venim, F. venin, L. veneum.
     Cf. Venenate.]
     1. Matter fatal or injurious to life; poison; particularly,
        the poisonous, the poisonous matter which certain animals,
        such as serpents, scorpions, bees, etc., secrete in a
        state of health, and communicate by thing or stinging.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Or hurtful worm with cankered venom bites. --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Spite; malice; malignity; evil quality. --Chaucer. ``The
        venom of such looks.'' --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Venom; virus; bane. See Poison.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Venom \Ven"om\, v. t. [OE. venimen, OF. venimer, L. venenare.
     See Venom, n.]
     To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison. [R.] ``Venomed
     vengeance.'' --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Venom \Ven"om\, n. [OE. venim, OF. venim, F. venin, L. veneum.
     Cf. Venenate.]
     1. Matter fatal or injurious to life; poison; particularly,
        the poisonous, the poisonous matter which certain animals,
        such as serpents, scorpions, bees, etc., secrete in a
        state of health, and communicate by thing or stinging.
  
              Or hurtful worm with cankered venom bites. --Milton.
  
     2. Spite; malice; malignity; evil quality. Chaucer. ``The
        venom of such looks.'' --Shak.
  
     Syn: Venom; virus; bane. See Poison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Venom \Ven"om\, v. t. [OE. venimen, OF. venimer, L. venenare.
     See Venom, n.]
     To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison. [R.] ``Venomed
     vengeance.'' --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  venom
       n 1: toxin secreted by animals; secreted by certain snakes and
            poisonous insects (e.g., spiders and scorpions)
       2: feeling a need to see others suffer [syn: malice, maliciousness,
           spite, spitefulness]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  venom
     Αγγλικά n.
     δηλητήριο

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  venom
     Middle English n.
     (alternative form of enm venym)
     Volapük n.
     poison, venom

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  venom
     a.
     (lb en obsolete) poisonous, poisoned; (''figuratively'') pernicious.
     n.
     1 An animal toxin intended for offensive use, a biological poison
  delivered by bite, sting, etc. to protect an animal or to kill its prey.
     2 (lb en figuratively) feeling or speech marked by spite or malice;
  vitriol.
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete) To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  venom
     Middle English n.
     (alternative form of enm venym)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  venom
     Middle English n.
     (alternative form of enm venym)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  venom
     Englanti n.
     1 myrkky (erityisesti purevan tai pistävän eläimen)
     2 katkeruus

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  venom
     Engelska n.
     gift producerat av djur och använt antingen för jakt eller som
  försvar

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Venom /vˈɛnəm/
  السمّ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  venom //ˈvɛnəm// 
  1. зло́ба
  (figurative) malice
  2. отрова
  an animal toxin intended for offensive use