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# venomous

«venomous» in Mova's school dictionary: **A venomous animal can put poison (venom) into you by…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) A venomous animal can put poison (venom) into you by biting or stinging, like some snakes, spiders, scorpions and jellyfish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venomous/#m1)

2) Venomous words or looks are full of hate and very unkind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venomous/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and outdoor safety lessons venomous animals must be left alone; if bitten, keep still and get adult help at once. Australia has many venomous snakes and spiders. Phrases: «venomous snake», «highly venomous», «venomous sting».

### examples

- Some snakes are venomous, so never touch a snake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venomous/#x1)
- A box jellyfish is very venomous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venomous/#x2)
- The redback spider is venomous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venomous/#x3)
- Bees are venomous, but most stings are not dangerous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venomous/#x4)
- Rattlesnakes are venomous snakes in North America. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venomous/#x5)
- She gave him a venomous look. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venomous/#x6)
- Keep away from venomous creatures in rock pools. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venomous/#x7)
- Her dress is torn and disorderly, and her hair intertwined with venomous snakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venomous/#x8)

### note

Trap: venomous and poisonous are different. Venomous animals inject poison (snake bite); poisonous ones hurt you if you eat or touch them (some frogs, mushrooms). Myth: you should not suck out venom; keep still and call for help.

### In the corpora

- [Some caterpillars have hairs or spines that sting or cause rashes, so not every animal that hurts is venomous.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/166-australias-venomous-animals-and-why-few-people-die/13/)
- [Sea snakes are very venomous but usually gentle and rarely bite people, and their tails are flat like oars for swimming.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/166-australias-venomous-animals-and-why-few-people-die/15/)
- [In Britain the only venomous snake is the adder, and bites are rare.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/246-defences-venom-in-snakes-jellyfish-scorpions-and-the-platypus/18/)
- [Most venomous snakes would much rather warn you than bite you.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/322-snakes-to-keep-away-from-cobras-mambas-vipers-and-rattlesnakes/2/)
- [Of about 4,000 kinds of snake, roughly 600 are venomous and only about 200 are really dangerous to people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/322-snakes-to-keep-away-from-cobras-mambas-vipers-and-rattlesnakes/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «venomous» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venomous/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.