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PERFUSE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across

Example:

The sky was suffused with a warm pink color

Synonyms:

perfuse; suffuse

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

flush (cause to flow or flood with or as if with water)

Sentence frames:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Force a fluid through (a body part or tissue)

Example:

perfuse a liver with a salt solution

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

flush (cause to flow or flood with or as if with water)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

perfusion (pumping a liquid into an organ or tissue (especially by way of blood vessels))

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