impregnate

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verb

1. fill, as with a certain quality
- The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide
• Syn:
infuse, instill, tincture
• Derivationally related forms:
infusion (for: infuse)
• Hypernyms:
fill, fill up, make full
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
2. infuse or fill completely
- Impregnate the cloth with alcohol
• Syn:
saturate
• Derivationally related forms:
impregnation
• Hypernyms:
fill, fill up, make full
• Hyponyms:
medicate, alcoholize, alcoholise, soak, imbue,
ammonify, thoriate, stuff, charge, imbrue, drench
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
- They impregnate the cloth with water and alcohol
- Water and alcohol impregnate the cloth
3. fertilize and cause to grow
- the egg was impregnated
• Derivationally related forms:
impregnation
• Hypernyms:
inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
• Hyponyms:
inoculate
• Verb Group:
knock up, bang up, prang up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. make pregnant
- He impregnated his wife again
• Syn:
knock up, bang up, prang up
• Derivationally related forms:
impregnation
• Hypernyms:
inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  knock up, bang up, prang up, saturate, infuse, instill, tincture