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IMPREGNATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make pregnant

Example:

He impregnated his wife again

Synonyms:

bang up; impregnate; knock up; prang up

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "impregnate" is one way to...):

fecundate; fertilise; fertilize; inseminate (introduce semen into (a female))

Verb group:

impregnate (fertilize and cause to grow)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

impregnation (creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fertilize and cause to grow

Example:

the egg was impregnated

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "impregnate" is one way to...):

fecundate; fertilise; fertilize; inseminate (introduce semen into (a female))

Verb group:

bang up; impregnate; knock up; prang up (make pregnant)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "impregnate"):

inoculate (impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

impregnation (creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Infuse or fill completely

Example:

Impregnate the cloth with alcohol

Synonyms:

impregnate; saturate

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "impregnate" is one way to...):

fill; fill up; make full (make full, also in a metaphorical sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "impregnate"):

medicate (impregnate with a medicinal substance)

alcoholise; alcoholize (treat or infuse with alcohol)

imbue; soak (fill, soak, or imbue totally)

ammonify (treat with ammonia; cause to undergo ammonification)

thoriate (impregnate with thorium oxide to increase thermionic emission)

stuff (treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting)

charge (saturate)

drench; imbrue (permeate or impregnate)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence examples:

They impregnate the cloth with water and alcohol

Water and alcohol impregnate the cloth

Derivation:

impregnation (the process of totally saturating something with a substance)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Fill, as with a certain quality

Example:

The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide

Synonyms:

impregnate; infuse; instill; tincture

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "impregnate" 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

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 Context examples: 

A material, usually covered by or impregnated with a drug, that is inserted into a body cavity or between the tooth enamel and the gingival margin.

(Packing Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A fabric or a narrow extruded synthetic material usually with an adhesive on one or both sides, impregnated with active and inert ingredient(s) .

(Medicated Tape Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

This mineral is used as a metal-impregnated catalyst, as a fertilizer, to control odors in livestock production and is used in animal feed, pet litter and horticultural applications.

(Erionite, NCI Thesaurus)

The hollow muscular organ in which the impregnated ovum is developed into the child; it is about 7.5 cm in length in the nonpregnant woman, and consists of a main portion (body) with an elongated lower part (neck), at the extremity of which is the opening (os).

(Murine Corpus Uteri, NCI Thesaurus)

Bone Formation Stimulation involves initiation of synthesis by osteoblasts of the hard connective tissue that constitutes the vertebrate skeleton and consists of a matrix of collagenous fibers impregnated chiefly with calcium phosphate and calcium carbonate.

(Bone Formation Stimulation, NCI Thesaurus)

Bone Formation Inhibition involves interference with, or restraint of, synthesis by osteoblasts of the hard connective tissue that constitutes the vertebrate skeleton and consists of a matrix of collagenous fibers impregnated chiefly with calcium phosphate and calcium carbonate.

(Bone Formation Inhibition, NCI Thesaurus)

A strip of paper or other composite material that is coated or impregnated with reagents designed to detect the presence of an analyte in a liquid by producing a color change on the strip or is read using an instrument.

(Dipstick, NCI Thesaurus)

Coal tar pitch is mainly used as a binder for aluminum smelting electrodes, but is also used in coating surfaces, in roofing materials, to impregnate and strengthen refractory brick and is used to produce pitch coke.

(Coal Tar Pitch, NCI Thesaurus)

Bone Resorption Inhibition involves interference with, or restraint of, absorption and removal of the hard connective tissue that constitutes the vertebrate skeleton and consists of a matrix of collagenous fibers impregnated chiefly with calcium phosphate and calcium carbonate and release of bone salts (phosphorus and, especially, calcium) into the extracellular fluid by osteoclasts, activated by parathyroid hormone.

(Bone Resorption Inhibition, NCI Thesaurus)

Bone Resorption Stimulation involves initiation of absorption and removal of the hard connective tissue that constitutes the vertebrate skeleton and consists of a matrix of collagenous fibers impregnated chiefly with calcium phosphate and calcium carbonate and release of bone salts (phosphorus and, especially, calcium) into the extracellular fluid by osteoclasts, activated by parathyroid hormone.

(Bone Resorption Stimulation, NCI Thesaurus)