poison

[US]/ˈpɔɪzn/
[UK]/ˈpɔɪzn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. kumalimia mwanamme au kichwa kwa kutumia mafuta; kumalimia au kumalimia; kumalimia; kuzama
vi. kuzama mafuta; kumalimia
n. mchumiaji ambao inaweza kusababisha mafuta au kifo; mchumiaji au mchumiaji
adj. ambao ina mafuta; toksiki
Word Forms
Past Tensepoisoned
Past Participlepoisoned
Pluralpoisons
Present Participlepoisoning
Third Person Singularpoisons

Phrases & Collocations

poisonous plant

moyo mchumia

poison control center

mipangi ya usawa na matokeo ya mafua

deadly poison

sumu hatari

poison gas

moyo mafua

rat poison

matokeo ya mafua ya nyuni

poison pill

pilili ya mafua

poison ivy

mizigo ya mizigo ya mizigo

food poison

matokeo ya mafua ya chakula

blood poison

matokeo ya mafua ya damu

Example Sentences

the poison is soluble in alcohol.

poisoni ina solubility katika mauti.

they use poison to exterminate moles.

wahudumu wanasimamia mafua ya kuvunja mifunzi.

suck poison out of a wound

kuchuma mafua kutoka kwenye mchovu

poison for killing weeds

michanikizi ya kuchokaa mizani.

Here are their lethal poison nippers.

Hapa ni mafuta ya kuchoma yao.

to poison the friendship of

kutua moyo wa mawasiliano ya.

poisoning arrows; poisoned the drink.

mafua ya mafua; mafua ya mafua ya mafua

an outbreak of food poisoning

mipango ya kuvunja chakula

drink poison to quench one's thrist

kukula mafua kushuja mizigo ya mizigo

poison a person's mind against sb.

kuchuma mafua ya mwanadamu kati ya mwenyekiti

Jealousy poisoned their friendship.

Ukamuchana alipiga mawasiliano yao.

The farmer poisoned the rats.

Mkulima alipaua panya.

chemicals poisoning the lake;

mipango ya mafua ya mafua ya mizigo;

I'm not eating that poison!

Sina kulua mnyama huu!

There are traces of poison in the fish.

kuna mafua ya mafua ya mizigo kwenye mizigo.

They fired poisoned arrows at us.

Waliwafyatua mishale yenye sumu kwetu.

indeterminable traces of poison; indeterminable assets.

mipango ya mafua ya mizigo ya mafua; mizigo ya mafua ya mizigo.

Real-world Examples

Wash the poison from off my skin.

Wash the poison from my skin.

Source: Popular singles by Linkin Park

Don't take that horrible stuff. It's poison, it's poison.

Hujibeba kwa mchumia hicho. Ni mafua, ni mafua.

Source: Brave New World

" It's not poison? " said Harry anxiously.

"Hajui mafua?" alisema Harry kwa ujumla.

Source: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Just remember the dose is the poison.

Tafakari kwa ujumla, doza hii ni mafua.

Source: Asap SCIENCE Selection

" Poisoned? Who could have poisoned it" ?

"Mafua? Kipi alipewa mafua?"

Source: Peter Pan

" But how did she poison herself" ?

"Lakini jinsi alipewa mafua mwenyewe?"

Source: Madame Bovary (Part Two)

Throw it all away, that horrible poison.

Tafuta kwa ujumla, mafua hicho mchumia.

Source: Brave New World

But why would they poison the crew?

Lakini kwa nini wanaipewa mafua kwa wafuasi?

Source: TV series Person of Interest Season 3

And it's basically poison for our brain.

Na hii ni mafua kwa mdomo wetu.

Source: Cambridge top student book sharing

And avoid using chemical poisons to kill insects.

Na ukipunguza kutumia mafua ya kimya kwa kufua mizigo.

Source: VOA Slow English Technology

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