| infuse | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. inculcate, infuse, instill | teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions.; "inculcate values into the young generation" |
| ~ drill | teach by repetition. |
| ~ din | instill (into a person) by constant repetition.; "he dinned the lessons into his students" |
| v. (change) | 2. impregnate, infuse, instill, tincture | fill, as with a certain quality.; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide" |
| ~ fill, fill up, make full | make full, also in a metaphorical sense.; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride" |
| v. (change) | 3. infuse | undergo the process of infusion.; "the mint tea is infusing" |
| ~ steep, infuse | let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse.; "steep the blossoms in oil"; "steep the fruit in alcohol" |
| ~ steep, infuse | let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse.; "steep the blossoms in oil"; "steep the fruit in alcohol" |
| v. (change) | 4. infuse, steep | let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse.; "steep the blossoms in oil"; "steep the fruit in alcohol" |
| ~ marinade, marinate | soak in marinade.; "marinade herring" |
| ~ decoct | steep in hot water. |
| ~ infuse | undergo the process of infusion.; "the mint tea is infusing" |
| ~ infuse | undergo the process of infusion.; "the mint tea is infusing" |
| ~ draw | steep; pass through a strainer.; "draw pulp from the fruit" |
| ~ imbue, soak | fill, soak, or imbue totally.; "soak the bandage with disinfectant" |
| v. (body) | 5. infuse | introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes.; "Some physiologists infuses sugar solutions into the veins of animals" |
| ~ practice of medicine, 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.; "he studied medicine at Harvard" |
| ~ inject, shoot | give an injection to.; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein" |
| permeate | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. diffuse, imbue, interpenetrate, penetrate, permeate, pervade, riddle | spread or diffuse through.; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks" |
| ~ penetrate, perforate | pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance.; "The bullet penetrated her chest" |
| ~ spiritise, spiritize | imbue with a spirit. |
| v. (contact) | 2. filter, percolate, permeate, sink in | pass through.; "Water permeates sand easily" |
| ~ penetrate, perforate | pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance.; "The bullet penetrated her chest" |
| ~ infiltrate | pass into or through by filtering or permeating.; "the substance infiltrated the material" |
| ~ infiltrate | cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices. |
| v. (contact) | 3. interpenetrate, permeate | penetrate mutually or be interlocked.; "The territories of two married people interpenetrate a lot" |
| ~ invade | penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way.; "The cancer had invaded her lungs" |
| ~ penetrate, perforate | pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance.; "The bullet penetrated her chest" |
| seep | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. ooze, seep | pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings. |
| ~ course, flow, run, feed | move along, of liquids.; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" |
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