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TRANSFUSE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

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

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