Definition of venom Venom

/vɛˈnʌm/ - [venum] - ven•om

We found 12 definitions of venom from 6 different sources.

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What does venom mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: venoms

venom - toxin secreted by animals; secreted by certain snakes and poisonous insects (e.g., spiders and scorpions)
  animal toxin, zootoxin a toxin resembling bacterial toxins in its antigenic properties that is found in the fluids of certain animals
  kokoi venom a potent neurotoxin found in a particular frog
venom - feeling a need to see others suffer
  malice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness
  malevolence, malignity the quality of threatening evil
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • venom (n.)
    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.
  • venom (n.)
    Spite; malice; malignity; evil quality. Chaucer.
  • venom (n.)
    To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • venom
    Poisonous animal secretions forming fluid mixtures of many different enzymes, toxins, and other substances. These substances are produced in specialized glands and secreted through specialized delivery systems (nematocysts, spines, fangs, etc.) for disabling prey or predator. (source: UMLS)

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  • band
    Venom is a black metal band from Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The band was formed in 1979. Venom is considered to be (one of) the first Black Metal bands.
  • comics
    Venom is a villain character in the Spider-Man world.

Part of speech

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  • venom, verb, present, 1st person singular of venom (infinitive).
  • venom, verb (infinitive).
  • venom, noun, singular of venoms.

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