Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act or process of infusing.
- n. Something infused or introduced: an economy in need of regular capital infusions.
- n. The liquid product obtained by infusing: prepared an infusion of medicinal herbs.
- n. Introduction of a solution into the body through a vein for therapeutic purposes.
- n. The solution so introduced: a sucrose infusion.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of infusing, pouring in, imbuing, or instilling: as, the infusion of good principles.
- n. That which is infused or diffused; something poured in or mingled.
- n. The process of steeping a substance, as a plant, in water, in order to extract its virtues.
- n. A liquid extract or essence obtained by steeping a vegetable substance.
- n. A pouring, or pouring out, as upon an object; affusion: formerly used of that method of baptism in which the water is poured upon the person.
- n. The introduction into a vein of a quantity of saline solution or other fluid for therapeutic purposes.
Wiktionary
- n. A product consisting of a liquid which has had other ingredients steeped in it to extract useful qualities.
- n. The act of steeping or soaking a substance in liquid so as to extract medicinal or herbal qualities.
- n. The act of installing a quality into a person.
- n. obsolete The act of dipping into a fluid.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of infusing, pouring in, or instilling; instillation.
- n. That which is infused; suggestion; inspiration.
- n. obsolete The act of plunging or dipping into a fluid; immersion.
- n. The act or process of steeping or soaking any substance in water in order to extract its active principles.
- n. The liquid extract obtained by this process.
WordNet 3.0
- n. (medicine) the passive introduction of a substance (a fluid or drug or electrolyte) into a vein or between tissues (as by gravitational force)
- n. the process of extracting certain active properties (as a drug from a plant) by steeping or soaking (usually in water)
- n. a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
- n. the act of infusing or introducing a certain modifying element or quality
Etymologies
- Latin infusio ("a pouring into, a wetting, a dyeing, a flow"), from infundo (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The IMF could probably provide $5 billion of that additional money - enough for any short term infusion in the case of a market panic, including by using some of its profits on recent gold sales.”
“American Crossroads gets a whopping $7 million cash infusion from the Texas millionaire who helped fund the Swift Boat Vets, singlehandedly chipping in nearly half the group's fundraising over the last 43 days.”
“Frank Addario, President of the CLA, argues that the cash infusion is merely a stop-gap measure which does not address the underlying concerns of the criminal defence bar.”
“Open pot methods are infusions wherein all of the grounds are mixed with all of the water, after which the infusion is filtered to remove some but not all of the flavorful oils and fine particles.”
“The Belvidere cash infusion is tied to an agreement between Mr. Marchionne and the U.S. government that allows Fiat to increase its current 20% stake in Chrysler once Chrysler begins building a 40-mpg car in the U.S., produces a more fuel-efficient engine in the U.S. and expands its international sales.”
The Wall Street Journal: Chrysler to Invest $600 Million in Illinois Plant
“This capital infusion is needed to carry out the changes," Swedish Industry Minister Maud Olofsson said.”
“At this point it isn't known whether the treatment would involve short- or long-term infusion, or what specific areas of the brain might be targeted, said Steve Oesterle , senior vice president of medicine and technology at Medtronic.”
The Wall Street Journal: Potential Parkinson's Treatment Explored
“The purity of New York City's priceless and irreplaceable drinking water supply should never be placed at risk for a short-term infusion of natural gas revenues or for any other reason.”
The Wall Street Journal: New York Will Take the Time to Get Gas Drilling Right
“Governor McDonnell has stated he understands that his initiative is a short-term infusion of funds into a system that over the long-term requires new dedicated and sustainable revenues.”
The Washington Post: Transportation, business groups back McDonnell plan as a first step
“But ultimately I think it's more useful to situate magic realism in infusion fantasy than in isolation/immersive fantasy, because the distinction between mundane and strange remains even where the distinction of fantastic and realistic is a more complex matter.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘infusion’.
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semantic
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