infuse (verb)

См. также в других словарях:

• infuse — ► VERB 1) pervade; fill. 2) instil (a quality) in someone or something. 3) soak (tea, herbs, etc.) to extract the flavour or healing properties. 4) Medicine allow (a liquid) to flow into the bloodstream or a part of the body. DERIVATIVES infuser… …   English terms dictionary

• infuse — verb 1 formal (T) to fill something or someone with a particular feeling or quality: infuse sth/sb with: She managed to infuse the situation with humour. | infuse sth into: Hannah wanted desperately to infuse some vitality into their dull… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• infuse — infuse, suffuse, imbue, ingrain, inoculate, leaven mean to introduce one thing into another so as to affect it throughout. Infuse implies a permeating like that of infiltering fluid, usually of something which imbues the recipient with new spirit …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• infuse — I verb imbrue, imbue, implant, impregnate, inculcate, incutere, infundere, ingrain, inicere, inject, insert, inspire, inspirit, instill, introduce II index denature, develop …   Law dictionary

• infuse — verb a) To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill. b) To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal) …   Wiktionary

• infuse — verb 1》 fill with a quality: a play infused with humour.     ↘instil with (a quality). 2》 soak (tea, herbs, etc.) to extract the flavour or healing properties. 3》 Medicine allow (a liquid) to flow into a vein or tissue. Derivatives infuser noun… …   English new terms dictionary

• infuse — [[t]ɪnfju͟ːz[/t]] infuses, infusing, infused 1) VERB To infuse a quality into someone or something, or to infuse them with a quality, means to fill them with it. [FORMAL] [be V ed with n] Many of the girls seemed to be infused with excitement on… …   English dictionary

• infuse — UK [ɪnˈfjuːz] / US [ɪnˈfjuz] verb Word forms infuse : present tense I/you/we/they infuse he/she/it infuses present participle infusing past tense infused past participle infused 1) [transitive] to give someone or something a particular quality… …   English dictionary

• infuse — in|fuse [ ın fjuz ] verb 1. ) transitive to give someone or something a particular quality: infuse something into: The best teachers manage to infuse vitality into the most boring subjects. infuse something/someone with something: Her paintings… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• infuse — transitive verb (infused; infusing) Etymology: Middle English, to pour in, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French infuser, from Latin infusus, past participle of infundere to pour in, from in + fundere to pour more at found Date: 1526 1. a. to …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• infuse — /ɪnˈfjuz / (say in fyoohz) verb (t) (infused, infusing) 1. to steep or soak (a plant, etc.) in a liquid so as to extract its soluble properties or ingredients. 2. Cookery to boil slowly in a solution. 3. to pour in. –phrase 4. infuse into, to… …