Dictionary entry details
• IMPREGNATE (verb)
Meaning:
Fill, as with a certain quality
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
impregnate; tincture; infuse; instill
Context example:
The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide
Hypernyms (to "impregnate" is one way to...):
fill; fill up; make full (make full, also in a metaphorical sense)
Sentence frames:
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Something ----s somebody
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Meaning:
Infuse or fill completely
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
saturate; impregnate
Context example:
Impregnate the cloth with alcohol
Hypernyms (to "impregnate" is one way to...):
fill; fill up; make full (make full, also in a metaphorical sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "impregnate"):
medicate (impregnate with a medicinal substance)
alcoholise; alcoholize (treat or infuse with alcohol)
imbue; soak (fill, soak, or imbue totally)
ammonify (treat with ammonia; cause to undergo ammonification)
thoriate (impregnate with thorium oxide to increase thermionic emission)
stuff (treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting)
charge (saturate)
drench; imbrue (permeate or impregnate)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Sentence examples:
They impregnate the cloth with water and alcohol
Water and alcohol impregnate the cloth
Meaning:
Fertilize and cause to grow
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Context example:
the egg was impregnated
Hypernyms (to "impregnate" is one way to...):
fecundate; fertilise; fertilize; inseminate (introduce semen into (a female))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "impregnate"):
inoculate (impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Make pregnant
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
knock up; prang up; bang up; impregnate
Context example:
He impregnated his wife again
Hypernyms (to "impregnate" is one way to...):
fecundate; fertilise; fertilize; inseminate (introduce semen into (a female))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
