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Synonyms of the word 
INFUSE → DRILL - FILL - IMBUE - IMPREGNATE - INCULCATE - INFUSE - INJECT - INSTILL - SHOOT - SOAK - STEEP - TINCTUREinfuse- v. (transitive) To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill.
- v. (transitive) To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal).
- v. (transitive) To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with).
- v. (transitive) To instill as a quality.
- v. (intransitive) To undergo infusion.
- v. (transitive) To make an infusion with (an ingredient); to tincture; to saturate.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.
drill- v. (transitive) To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool).
- v. (intransitive) To practice, especially in (or as in) a military context.
- v. (ergative) To cause to drill (practice); to train in military arts.
- v. (transitive) To repeat an idea frequently in order to encourage someone to remember it.
- v. (intransitive) To investigate or examine something in more detail or at a different level.
- v. (transitive) To hit or kick with a lot of power.
- v. (baseball) To hit someone with a pitch, especially in an intentional context.
- v. (slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with; to penetrate.
- v. (transitive) To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling.
- v. (transitive) To sow (seeds) by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To entice or allure; to decoy; with on.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.
- n. A tool used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into…
- n. The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit.
- n. An agricultural implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds…
- n. A light furrow or channel made to put seed into, when sowing.
- n. A row of seed sown in a furrow.
- n. An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation…
- n. (obsolete) A small trickling stream; a rill.
- n. Any of several molluscs, of the genus Urosalpinx, especially the oyster drill (Urosalpinx cinerea), that…
- n. An Old World monkey of West Africa, Mandrillus leucophaeus, similar in appearance to the mandrill, but…
- n. A strong, durable cotton fabric with a strong bias (diagonal) in the weave.
fill- v. (transitive) To occupy fully, to take up all of.
- v. (transitive) To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.
- v. To enter (something), making it full.
- v. (intransitive) To become full.
- v. (intransitive) To become pervaded with something.
- v. (transitive) To satisfy or obey (an order, request, or requirement).
- v. (transitive) To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.
- v. (transitive) To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
- v. (transitive) To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
- v. (transitive, nautical) To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
- v. (transitive, slang, vulgar, of a male) To have sexual intercourse with (a female).
- n. (after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
- n. An amount that fills a container.
- n. The filling of a container or area.
- n. Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.
- n. (archaeology) Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity and exposed by excavation; fill…
- n. An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be…
- n. (music) A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a…
- n. One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.
imbue- v. (transitive) To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality.
- v. In general, to act in a way which results in an object becoming completely permeated or impregnated by…
impregnate- v. (transitive) To cause to become pregnant.
- v. (transitive) To fertilize.
- v. (transitive) To saturate, or infuse.
- v. (transitive) To fill pores or spaces with a substance.
- v. (intransitive, dated) To become pregnant.
inculcate- v. (transitive) To teach by repeated instruction.
- v. (transitive) To induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons.
infuse- v. (transitive) To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill.
- v. (transitive) To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal).
- v. (transitive) To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with).
- v. (transitive) To instill as a quality.
- v. (intransitive) To undergo infusion.
- v. (transitive) To make an infusion with (an ingredient); to tincture; to saturate.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.
inject- v. (transitive) To push or pump (something, especially fluids) into a cavity or passage.
- v. (transitive) To introduce (something) suddenly or violently.
- v. (transitive) To administer an injection to (someone or something), especially of medicine or drugs.
- v. (intransitive) To take or be administered something by means of injection, especially medicine or drugs.
- v. (transitive, computing) To introduce (code) into an existing program or its memory space, often without…
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To cast or throw; used with on.
instill- v. To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature.
- v. To pour in (medicine, for example) drop by drop.
shoot- v. To launch a projectile.
- v. To move or act quickly or suddenly.
- v. (sports) To act or achieve.
- v. (surveying) To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
- v. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
- v. To develop, move forward.
- v. To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
- v. (carpentry) To plane straight; to fit by planing.
- v. To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.W.
- n. The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
- n. A photography session.
- n. A hunt or shooting competition.
- n. (professional wrestling, slang) An event that is unscripted or legitimate.
- n. The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
- n. A rush of water; a rapid.
- n. (mining) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
- n. (weaving) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
- n. A shoat; a young pig.
- n. An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; a…
- interj. A mild expletive, expressing disbelief or disdain.
soak- v. (intransitive) To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
- v. (transitive) To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.
- v. (intransitive) To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
- v. (transitive) To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up).
- v. (figuratively, transitive) To take money from.
- v. (slang, dated) To drink intemperately or gluttonously.
- v. (metallurgy, transitive) To heat (a metal) before shaping it.
- v. (ceramics, transitive) To hold a kiln at a particular temperature for a given period of time.
- v. (figuratively, transitive) To absorb; to drain.
- n. An immersion in water etc.
- n. (slang, Britain) A drunkard.
- n. (Australia) A low-lying depression that fills with water after rain.
steep- adj. Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.
- adj. (informal) expensive.
- adj. (obsolete) Difficult to access; not easy reached; lofty; elevated; high.
- adj. (of the rake of a ship's mast, or a car's windshield) resulting in a mast or windshield angle that strongly…
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To soak an item (or to be soaked) in liquid in order to gradually add or remove…
- v. (intransitive) To imbue with something.
- n. A liquid used in a steeping process.
- n. A rennet bag.
tincture- n. A pigment or other substance that colours or dyes.
- n. A tint, or an added colour.
- n. (heraldry) A colour or metal used in the depiction of a coat of arms.
- n. An alcoholic extract of plant material, used as a medicine.
- n. (humorous) A small alcoholic drink.
- n. An essential characteristic.
- n. The finer and more volatile parts of a substance, separated by a solvent; an extract of a part of the…
- n. A slight taste superadded to any substance.
- n. A slight quality added to anything; a tinge.
- v. to stain or impregnate (something) with colour.
- v. (figuratively) to tinge; to taint.
- v. To soak (an organic substance) in alcohol or another liquid to produce a tincture.
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