Dictionary entry details
• INFUSE (verb)
Meaning:
Teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
inculcate; infuse; instill
Context example:
inculcate values into the young generation
Hypernyms (to "infuse" is one way to...):
drill (teach by repetition)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "infuse"):
din (instill (into a person) by constant repetition)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
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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 "infuse" is one way to...):
fill; fill up; make full (make full, also in a metaphorical sense)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Undergo the process of infusion
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
the mint tea is infusing
Hypernyms (to "infuse" is one way to...):
infuse; steep (let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
steep; infuse
Context examples:
steep the blossoms in oil / steep the fruit in alcohol
Hypernyms (to "infuse" is one way to...):
imbue; soak (fill, soak, or imbue totally)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "infuse"):
marinade; marinate (soak in marinade)
decoct (steep in hot water)
infuse (undergo the process of infusion)
draw (steep; pass through a strainer)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Context example:
Some physiologists infuses sugar solutions into the veins of animals
Hypernyms (to "infuse" is one way to...):
inject; shoot (give an injection to)
Domain category:
medicine; practice of medicine (the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
