Dictionary entry details
• INSTILL (verb)
Meaning:
Impart gradually
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
instill; transfuse
Context examples:
Her presence instilled faith into the children / transfuse love of music into the students
Hypernyms (to "instill" is one way to...):
add; bestow; bring; contribute; impart; lend (bestow a quality on)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "instill"):
breathe (impart as if by breathing)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Meaning:
Enter drop by drop
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
instil; instill
Context example:
instill medication into my eye
Hypernyms (to "instill" is one way to...):
enter; infix; insert; introduce (put or introduce into something)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Produce or try to produce a vivid impression of
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
ingrain; instill; impress
Context example:
Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us
Hypernyms (to "instill" is one way to...):
affect; impress; move; strike (have an emotional or cognitive impact upon)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
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 "instill" is one way to...):
drill (teach by repetition)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "instill"):
din (instill (into a person) by constant repetition)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
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 "instill" 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
