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INSUFFLATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Blow or breathe hard on or into

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

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

blow (exhale hard)

Verb group:

insufflate (treat by blowing a powder or vapor into a bodily cavity)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

insufflation (an act of blowing or breathing on or into something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Treat by blowing a powder or vapor into a bodily cavity

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

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

care for; treat (provide treatment for)

Verb group:

insufflate (blow or breathe hard on or into)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

insufflation ((medicine) blowing air or medicated powder into the lungs (or into some other body cavity))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Breathe or blow onto as a ritual or sacramental act, especially so as to symbolize the action of the Holy Spirit

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

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

administer (perform (a church sacrament) ritually)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

insufflation (an act of blowing or breathing on or into something)

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