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Verb
S:
(v)
saturate
(cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance)
S:
(v)
impregnate
,
saturate
(infuse or fill completely)
"Impregnate the cloth with alcohol"
direct troponym
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full troponym
S:
(v)
medicate
(impregnate with a medicinal substance)
S:
(v)
alcoholize
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alcoholise
(treat or infuse with alcohol)
"alcoholize the fruit and let them sit in the refrigerator"
S:
(v)
soak
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imbue
(fill, soak, or imbue totally)
"soak the bandage with disinfectant"
S:
(v)
ammonify
(treat with ammonia; cause to undergo ammonification)
S:
(v)
thoriate
(impregnate with thorium oxide to increase thermionic emission)
S:
(v)
stuff
(treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting)
"stuff a bearskin"
S:
(v)
charge
(saturate)
"The room was charged with tension and anxiety"
S:
(v)
imbrue
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drench
(permeate or impregnate)
"The war drenched the country in blood"
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(v)
fill
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fill up
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make full
(make full, also in a metaphorical sense)
"fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"
derivationally related form
sentence frame