Potion
noun
A drink with special powers, often used in stories.
The witch gave him a magic potion to make him sleep.
Often appears as...
- magic potion
- love potion
noun
A liquid medicine or drug.
The doctor prescribed a potion to relieve her cough.
Often appears as...
- cough potion
- sleeping potion
noun
A drink with special powers, often used in stories.
The witch gave him a magic potion to make him sleep.
Often appears as...
- magic potion
- love potion
noun
A liquid medicine or drug.
The doctor prescribed a potion to relieve her cough.
Often appears as...
- cough potion
- sleeping potion
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Pro Tip 1/3Fantasy Genre
Used in fantasy or fairy tales to refer to a magical substance.
He drank an invisibility potion to escape the guards.
Pro Tip 2/3Mythical Origin
Often associated with ancient myths, like those of alchemists or sorcerers.
The alchemist concocted a potion for eternal youth.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Speech
Sometimes used metaphorically to mean a powerful influence.
Her voice was like a potion, casting a spell over the audience.
Pro Tip 1/3Fantasy Genre
Used in fantasy or fairy tales to refer to a magical substance.
He drank an invisibility potion to escape the guards.
Pro Tip 2/3Mythical Origin
Often associated with ancient myths, like those of alchemists or sorcerers.
The alchemist concocted a potion for eternal youth.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Speech
Sometimes used metaphorically to mean a powerful influence.
Her voice was like a potion, casting a spell over the audience.
Pro Tip 1/3Fantasy Genre
Used in fantasy or fairy tales to refer to a magical substance.
He drank an invisibility potion to escape the guards.
Pro Tip 2/3Mythical Origin
Often associated with ancient myths, like those of alchemists or sorcerers.
The alchemist concocted a potion for eternal youth.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Speech
Sometimes used metaphorically to mean a powerful influence.
Her voice was like a potion, casting a spell over the audience.
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Steven Johnson: How...
was not a problem, given the existing regulations of the day. The only thing that the FDA was really interested in was whether you were actually listing the ingredients of your potion on the label. So if you wanted to put antifreeze in your cough syrup, go ahead, as long as you list ingredients on the label. That's what life was like.
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Rick Guidotti: From...
But more importantly, when kids would tease me, Delphine would beat them up. But on a sadder note, I was spending a lot of time in Tanzania, where witch doctors are saying, bring me the bones of an albino, and I'll make a potion that will make you rich. So we're working very closely with the government there,
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The deadly irony of...
were trying to create a potion for immortality. Instead, what they created was a flammable powder that burned down many of their homes. They quickly realized that this black powder, which they called fire medicine, was precisely the opposite of something that would make you live forever. In these early days,
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Can you solve the Alice...
Alice drinks a bit of her shrinking potion to go in for a closer look. Sure enough, there’s a miniscule gap between the triangles and trapezoids, forming a parallelogram that stretches the entire length of the board and accounts for the missing square. There’s something even more curious about these
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The myth of Jason,...
and the potion settled in its eyes, the dragon sank into a deep sleep. Elated, Jason climbed to the top of the tallest oak, where he slipped the gleaming fleece off its branch. When the king saw the hero sprinting away— not only with the fleece, but his daughter in tow—
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A Camera, Two Kids and a...
reality for these women was pretty rough they they were trying to keep their babies fed one of the ways they communicated they held their breasts up and pointed to their mouths and wondered if I had some kind of magic potion or something that would help their milk to
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Are we interrupting the...
Pollution from land can have similar impacts. Just imagine the consequence for that female if her love potion should fail. These are the kinds of subtle but significant impacts we're having on the love lives of these marine life. And this is a species we know
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Extreme Rehab PIPE National...
I'm kind of nervous I was kind of hoping that I'd get settled in and have one night of feeling peaceful and alright and then deal with it tomorrow this potion is what they came here for it's a mysterious mix of a hundred and nine
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The tale of the doctor...
and the doctor could do nothing for them. In time, the doctor’s potent potion and uncanny instincts became known throughout the land. He grew rich and famous, casting off the hardships of his early life.
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Ghanaian Witches PIPE...
been accepted by the spirits today I've taken the fetish potion I am no longer a witch nothing will worry me again I will sleep in my room soundly I am no longer a witch
Video examples
Steven Johnson: How...
was not a problem, given the existing regulations of the day. The only thing that the FDA was really interested in was whether you were actually listing the ingredients of your potion on the label. So if you wanted to put antifreeze in your cough syrup, go ahead, as long as you list ingredients on the label. That's what life was like.
Video examples
Rick Guidotti: From...
But more importantly, when kids would tease me, Delphine would beat them up. But on a sadder note, I was spending a lot of time in Tanzania, where witch doctors are saying, bring me the bones of an albino, and I'll make a potion that will make you rich. So we're working very closely with the government there,
Video examples
The deadly irony of...
were trying to create a potion for immortality. Instead, what they created was a flammable powder that burned down many of their homes. They quickly realized that this black powder, which they called fire medicine, was precisely the opposite of something that would make you live forever. In these early days,
Video examples
Can you solve the Alice...
Alice drinks a bit of her shrinking potion to go in for a closer look. Sure enough, there’s a miniscule gap between the triangles and trapezoids, forming a parallelogram that stretches the entire length of the board and accounts for the missing square. There’s something even more curious about these
Video examples
The myth of Jason,...
and the potion settled in its eyes, the dragon sank into a deep sleep. Elated, Jason climbed to the top of the tallest oak, where he slipped the gleaming fleece off its branch. When the king saw the hero sprinting away— not only with the fleece, but his daughter in tow—
Video examples
A Camera, Two Kids and a...
reality for these women was pretty rough they they were trying to keep their babies fed one of the ways they communicated they held their breasts up and pointed to their mouths and wondered if I had some kind of magic potion or something that would help their milk to
Video examples
Are we interrupting the...
Pollution from land can have similar impacts. Just imagine the consequence for that female if her love potion should fail. These are the kinds of subtle but significant impacts we're having on the love lives of these marine life. And this is a species we know
Video examples
Extreme Rehab PIPE National...
I'm kind of nervous I was kind of hoping that I'd get settled in and have one night of feeling peaceful and alright and then deal with it tomorrow this potion is what they came here for it's a mysterious mix of a hundred and nine
Video examples
The tale of the doctor...
and the doctor could do nothing for them. In time, the doctor’s potent potion and uncanny instincts became known throughout the land. He grew rich and famous, casting off the hardships of his early life.
Video examples
Ghanaian Witches PIPE...
been accepted by the spirits today I've taken the fetish potion I am no longer a witch nothing will worry me again I will sleep in my room soundly I am no longer a witch
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Marjane Satrapi
Iranian Artist
If people are given the chance to experience life in more than one country, they will hate a little less. It's not a miracle potion, but little by little you can solve problems in the basement of a country, not on the surface.
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R. Kelly
American Musician
You don't see me in the club. And the reason is because I would rather be in the studio mixing these musical potions. Now sometimes they blow up in my face, and there's a lot of smoke. But that's who I am. Music is what I do.
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Graydon Carter
American Journalist
Let's face it, who among us wouldn't take a pill or potion that would make us better at our job? Goodness knows, we abuse substances for just about everything in our personal lives; why not in our professional lives as well?
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Roberto Benigni
Italian Actor
My mother brought me magicians and witches, because I was very ugly, really revolting. So she thought somebody had put a spell on me - this is the truth - so she made me drink some horrible terrifying potions, for year.
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Taylor Jenkins Reid
American Author
When I wrote my first book, I was too scared to find out how people got books published. I was convinced that you needed some sort of magical potion that I didn't have.
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Elena Kampouris
American Actress
Greeks are notorious for their potions. I wouldn't say I've used Windex, but there are so many tricks that have been handed down to me.
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Bruno Mars
American Musician
Music is not math. It's science. You keep mixing the stuff up until it blows up on you, or it becomes this incredible potion.
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Carnie Wilson
American Musician
My fat cells have a memory like Einstein! I'm proof that surgery is not a magic potion. There are many ways to sabotage it.
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Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self.
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Helen Fisher
American Scientist
People have been looking for love potions since hunter-gatherer societies.
Quote examples
Marjane Satrapi
Iranian Artist
If people are given the chance to experience life in more than one country, they will hate a little less. It's not a miracle potion, but little by little you can solve problems in the basement of a country, not on the surface.
Quote examples
R. Kelly
American Musician
You don't see me in the club. And the reason is because I would rather be in the studio mixing these musical potions. Now sometimes they blow up in my face, and there's a lot of smoke. But that's who I am. Music is what I do.
Quote examples
Graydon Carter
American Journalist
Let's face it, who among us wouldn't take a pill or potion that would make us better at our job? Goodness knows, we abuse substances for just about everything in our personal lives; why not in our professional lives as well?
Quote examples
Roberto Benigni
Italian Actor
My mother brought me magicians and witches, because I was very ugly, really revolting. So she thought somebody had put a spell on me - this is the truth - so she made me drink some horrible terrifying potions, for year.
Quote examples
Taylor Jenkins Reid
American Author
When I wrote my first book, I was too scared to find out how people got books published. I was convinced that you needed some sort of magical potion that I didn't have.
Quote examples
Elena Kampouris
American Actress
Greeks are notorious for their potions. I wouldn't say I've used Windex, but there are so many tricks that have been handed down to me.
Quote examples
Bruno Mars
American Musician
Music is not math. It's science. You keep mixing the stuff up until it blows up on you, or it becomes this incredible potion.
Quote examples
Carnie Wilson
American Musician
My fat cells have a memory like Einstein! I'm proof that surgery is not a magic potion. There are many ways to sabotage it.
Quote examples
Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self.
Quote examples
Helen Fisher
American Scientist
People have been looking for love potions since hunter-gatherer societies.
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