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IMBUE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Suffuse with color

Synonyms:

hue; imbue

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

color; color in; colorise; colorize; colour; colour in; colourise; colourize (add color to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fill, soak, or imbue totally

Example:

soak the bandage with disinfectant

Synonyms:

imbue; soak

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

impregnate; saturate (infuse or fill completely)

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

infuse; steep (let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse)

brew (sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor)

Sentence frames:

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

Spread or diffuse through

Example:

His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks

Synonyms:

diffuse; imbue; interpenetrate; penetrate; permeate; pervade; riddle

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

penetrate; perforate (pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance)

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

spiritise; spiritize (imbue with a spirit)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

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