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Infuse Common

Infuse has 6 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions

"inculcate values into the young generation"

2

fill, as with a certain quality

"The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide"

3

undergo the process of infusion

"the mint tea is infusing"

4

let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse

"steep the blossoms in oil"

"steep the fruit in alcohol"

5

introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes

"Some physiologists infuses sugar solutions into the veins of animals"

6

To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill.

Example Sentences
"inculcate values into the young generation" verb
"The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide" verb
"the mint tea is infusing" verb
"steep the blossoms in oil" verb
"steep the fruit in alcohol" verb
"Some physiologists infuses sugar solutions into the veins of animals" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
drill fill steep soak inject
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
din marinade decoct infuse draw
Rhyming Words
use cuse duse fuse euse ruse muse suse ause ouse zuse cause v use meuse kouse couse bouse druse mouse pause
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