impregnate

[US]/'ɪmpregneɪt/
[UK]/ɪm'prɛɡnet/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt.to make pregnant; to fertilize; to fill or saturate; to instill or imbue
adj.pregnant; filled

Example Sentences

a cotton wad that was impregnated with ether.

air impregnated with disease-germs

water impregnated with salt

impregnate a mind with new ideas

wood which had been impregnated with preservative.

impregnate a speech with optimism.See Synonyms at charge

a spirit impregnated with lofty ideals;

The purpose of the marinade is to impregnate foods with the flavour of the ingredients.

Oil-impregnated paper and pressboard.

The impregnated resin should be of high toughness and well permeant to glass fiber.

"carburize:To treat, combine, or impregnate with carbon, as when casehardening steel."

The leading candidate for Orion's base heat shield is a material called PICA (phenolic impregnated carbon ablator).

The interelectrode dielectric adopts the polypropylene film with surface coarsening which is easy to impregnate so as to enhance the reliability of high-capacity capacitor.

AIM: To study and prepare a new kind of bone graft (gentamicin-impregnated bone) with local anti-infective function, low immunogenicity and high osteosis.

Electroplating diamond-impregnated wheel is nondeformable, well anastomotic and pure. It's the best finish machining tool for marble or glass.

Real-world Examples

They also said all the girls had been impregnated by just one man.

Source: BBC Listening Collection May 2013

Don't stand too close, he'll impregnate you.

Source: The Best Mom

Again, I'm very sorry about impregnating your daughter.

Source: Modern Family - Season 10

Yeah, but you should've thought before impregnating my stepdaughter.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 3

When she reached for it, the skull of Jun spat on her hand and impregnated her.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

Zeus therefore transformed himself into a shower of gold, and in this form impregnated Danae.

Source: Prose reading

I know so much about her cycle, i'm feeling pressure to impregnate her.

Source: 2 Broke Girls Season 1

An archaeologist played by Noomi Rapace was impregnated with an alien.

Source: Fresh air

Both rely on heating tiny tiles of paraffin wax that have been impregnated with various liquid perfumes.

Source: The Economist Science and Technology

An impostor made friends with her and even impregnated her.

Source: Pan Pan

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