Meaning

7 senses
  1. (transitive)To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill.

  2. (transitive)To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal).

    1806-1831, John Redman Coxe, The American Dispensatory One scruple of the dried leaves is infused in ten ounces of warm water.

    ziehen lassen

    наста́иватьnastáivatʹ, настоя́тьnastojátʹ, зава́риватьzavárivatʹ

    let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse

  3. (transitive)To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with).

    fill, as with a certain quality

  4. (transitive)To instill as a quality.

  5. (intransitive)To undergo infusion.

    Let it infuse for five minutes.

    undergo the process of infusion

  6. (transitive)To make an infusion with (an ingredient); to tincture; to saturate.

  7. (obsolete, transitive)To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. This soap is infused with natural fragrances.

    ruВ это мыло добавлены натуральные ароматы.

    deDiese Seife enthält natürliche Duftstoffe.

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  2. Quick, guard this hummus from the flies while I get us some lemon-infused water.

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  3. Chocolate-infused honey is made by blending honey with cocoa, creating a delightful chocolatey taste.

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  4. The religion of Islam is infused with Arab culture.

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  5. The purified antibodies, known as monoclonal antibodies, were infused intravenously into rhesus monkeys infected with a virus very similar to HIV.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to steep in a liquid:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to steep in a liquid:

Origin

From Middle English infusen, from Latin infusus, from infundo.

From Middle English infusen, from Latin infusus, from infundo.

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Forms

infuses, infusing, infused, infused
Base forminfuse · to infuse
3rd person singularinfuses
Present participleinfusing
Past simpleinfused
Past participleinfused

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyinfuse
he, she, itinfuses

Past simpleLesson

all personsinfused

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave infused
he, she, ithas infused

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill infuse

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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