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insufflate
Overview of verb insufflate
The verb insufflate has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. insufflate -- (breathe or blow onto as a ritual or sacramental act, especially so as to symbolize the action of the Holy Spirit)
2. insufflate -- (treat by blowing a powder or vapor into a bodily cavity)
3. insufflate -- (blow or breathe hard on or into)
Antonyms of verb insufflate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb insufflate
3 senses of insufflate
Sense 1
insufflate
=> administer
=> give, apply
=> distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
=> give
=> transfer
Sense 2
insufflate
=> treat, care for
Sense 3
insufflate
=> blow
=> exhale, expire, breathe out
=> breathe, take a breath, respire, suspire
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb insufflate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb insufflate
3 senses of insufflate
Sense 1
insufflate
=> administer
Sense 2
insufflate
=> treat, care for
Sense 3
insufflate
=> blow
'Cause To' of verb insufflate
Derived Forms of verb insufflate
3 senses of insufflate
Sense 1
insufflate
RELATED TO>(noun) insufflation#2
=> insufflation
Sense 2
insufflate
RELATED TO>(noun) insufflation#1
=> insufflation
Sense 3
insufflate
RELATED TO>(noun) insufflation#2
=> insufflation
Domain of verb insufflate
Domain Terms of verb insufflate
Familiarity of verb insufflate
insufflate used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb insufflate
3 senses of insufflate
Sense 1
insufflate
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
insufflate
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
insufflate
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb insufflate
3 senses of insufflate
Sense 1
insufflate
> administer
=> insufflate
Sense 2
insufflate
> treat, care for
=> hyperventilate
=> massage
=> purge
=> correct
=> insufflate
=> detox, detoxify
=> irrigate
=> iodize, iodise
=> doctor
=> vet
=> nurse
=> manipulate
=> administer, dispense
=> remedy, relieve
=> dress
=> splint
=> operate on, operate
=> medicate, medicine
=> bleed, leech, phlebotomize, phlebotomise
=> cup, transfuse
=> shock
=> pack
=> cauterize, cauterise, burn
=> analyze, analyse, psychoanalyze, psychoanalyse
Sense 3
insufflate
> blow
=> pant, puff, gasp, heave
=> puff, huff, chuff
=> insufflate
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb insufflate
Sense 2
insufflate
=> treat, care for
Sense 3
insufflate
=> blow
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Sense 1
insufflate
=> administer
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Grep of verb insufflate
insufflate
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