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TRANSFUSE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they transfuse ... he / she / it transfuses
Past simple: transfused
Past participle: transfused
-ing form: transfusing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Give a transfusion (e.g., of blood) to
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "transfuse" is one way to...):
administer; dispense (give or apply (medications))
Domain category:
medicine; practice of 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)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
transfusion (the introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin
Synonyms:
cup; transfuse
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "transfuse" is one way to...):
care for; treat (provide treatment for)
Domain category:
medicine; practice of 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)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 3
Meaning:
Pour out of one vessel into another
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "transfuse" is one way to...):
pour (cause to run)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
Impart gradually
Example:
transfuse love of music into the students
Synonyms:
instill; transfuse
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "transfuse" is one way to...):
add; bestow; bring; contribute; impart; lend (bestow a quality on)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "transfuse"):
breathe (impart as if by breathing)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
