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- Dictionaryimpregnate/ˈɪmprɛɡneɪt/
verb
- 1. soak or saturate (something) with a substance: "wood which had been impregnated with preservative" Similar
- 2. make (a woman or female animal) pregnant: "he was obliged to marry the woman he'd impregnated" Similar
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The meaning of IMPREGNATE is to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated. How to use impregnate in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Impregnate.
IMPREGNATE definition: 1. to cause something, usually a solid substance, to absorb something, usually a liquid: 2. to…. Learn more.
Impregnate definition: to make pregnant; cause to be with child or young.. See examples of IMPREGNATE used in a sentence.
Definition of impregnate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. to saturate, soak, or infuse: to impregnate a cloth with detergent. 2. to imbue or permeate; pervade. 3. to cause to conceive; make pregnant. 4. (Zoology) to fertilize (an ovum) 5. (Agriculture) to make (land, soil, etc) fruitful. adj. pregnant or fertilized.
Use the verb impregnate to describe what happens when a male of any animal species makes a female pregnant. Human fathers impregnate mothers — otherwise, they would not become fathers.
1. verb. If someone or something impregnates a thing with a substance, they make the substance spread through it and stay in it. Impregnating clothes with insect repellent is effective. [VERB noun + with] ...a block of plastic impregnated with a light-absorbing dye. [VERB-ed] [ Also VERB noun]
IMPREGNATE meaning: 1. to cause something, usually a solid substance, to absorb something, usually a liquid: 2. to…. Learn more.
To fertilize (land); make fruitful. Webster's New World. To fill or saturate; cause to be permeated. Clothing impregnated with smoke. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To permeate or imbue. Impregnate a speech with optimism. American Heritage. More Verb Definitions (1) Synonyms: conceive. procreate. inseminate. pervade. infuse. saturate.
to cause to be infused or permeated throughout, as with a substance; saturate: to impregnate a handkerchief with cheap perfume. to fill interstices with a substance. to furnish with some actuating or modifying element infused or introduced; imbue, infect; tincture. adj. Physiology impregnated.
