- the poisonous fluid that some animals, as certain snakes and spiders, secrete and introduce into the bodies of their victims by biting, stinging, etc.
- something resembling or suggesting poison in its effect; spite; malice: the venom of jealousy.
- poison in general.
- to make venomous; envenom.
- a poisonous fluid secreted by such animals as certain snakes and scorpions and usually transmitted by a bite or sting
- malice; spite
