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Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To set in firmly, as into the ground.
- intransitive verb To establish securely, as in the mind or consciousness; instill.
- intransitive verb To insert or embed (an object or a device) surgically.
- intransitive verb To graft or insert (a tissue) within the body.
- intransitive verb To become attached to and embedded in the uterine lining. Used of a fertilized egg.
- noun Something implanted, especially a surgically implanted tissue or device.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To plant, set, fix, or lodge; cause to take root or form a vital union: with in: as, to
implant living tissue from one part of the body in another; to implant sound principles in the mind. - To cause to be supplied or enriched; imbue or endow: with with.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To plant, or infix, for the purpose of growth; to fix deeply; to instill; to inculate; to introduce.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To fix firmly or set securely or deeply.
- verb transitive To insert (something) surgically into the body.
- verb intransitive Of an
embryo , to become attached to and embedded in thewomb . - noun Anything surgically implanted in the body, such as a
tissue graft orprosthesis , particularly breast implants.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb put firmly in the mind
- verb fix or set securely or deeply
- noun a prosthesis placed permanently in tissue
- verb become attached to and embedded in the uterus
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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She has warned me that for safety reasons an implant is usually an 18 month process from start to finish, and the cost here is about $2,1000Pesos each (1,620 US Dollars).
Dental Tourism 2010
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She has warned me that for safety reasons an implant is usually an 18 month process from start to finish, and the cost here is about $2,1000Pesos each (1,620 US Dollars).
Dental Tourism 2010
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She has warned me that for safety reasons an implant is usually an 18 month process from start to finish, and the cost here is about $2,1000Pesos each (1,620 US Dollars).
Dental Tourism 2010
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She has warned me that for safety reasons an implant is usually an 18 month process from start to finish, and the cost here is about $2,1000Pesos each (1,620 US Dollars).
Dental Tourism 2010
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She has warned me that for safety reasons an implant is usually an 18 month process from start to finish, and the cost here is about $2,1000Pesos each (1,620 US Dollars).
Dental Tourism 2010
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She has warned me that for safety reasons an implant is usually an 18 month process from start to finish, and the cost here is about $2,1000Pesos each (1,620 US Dollars).
Dental Tourism 2010
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P.S. Tudyk had a cut on his head … was that from his wound last week or was it a brain implant … hmmmmmmmmmm!
Tonight's 'V': Take Me To Your Figuratively Hot Yet Physiologically Cold-Blooded Leader! | EW.com 2009
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Even if you think the metal implant is compatible with the MRI machine, you must let the MRI personnel know in order to ensure this metal is compatible.
mri | clusterflock 2009
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She has warned me that for safety reasons an implant is usually an 18 month process from start to finish, and the cost here is about $2,1000Pesos each (1,620 US Dollars).
Dental Tourism 2010
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She has warned me that for safety reasons an implant is usually an 18 month process from start to finish, and the cost here is about $2,1000Pesos each (1,620 US Dollars).
Dental Tourism 2010
Related Words
synonyms (109)
Words with the same meaning
- beat into
- bed
- brainwash
- broadcast
- bud
- catechize
- condition
- confirm
- deep-dye
- define
- dibble
- disseminate
- drag in
- drill
- edge in
- embed
- engraft
- engrave
- entrench
- establish
- etch
- fit in
- fix
- foist in
- forest
- found
- fudge in
- graft
- ground
- imbue
- imp
- impact
- implant in
- impregnate
- impress
- imprint
- inarch
- inculate
- inculcate
- indoctrinate
- infix
- infuse
- ingrain
- inject
- inject in
- inlay
- inoculate
- inscribe
- inseminate
- insert
- insert in
- insinuate
- insinuate in
- inspire
- instill
- intercalate
- interjaculate
- interject
- interpolate
- interpose
- intervene
- introduce
- introduce in
- intrude
- jam
- leaven
- lodge
- lug in
- pack
- penetrate
- permeate
- pervade
- plant
- pot
- program
- put between
- put in
- reforest
- reset
- retimber
- root
- run in
- sandwich
- saturate
- scatter seed
- scion
- seat
- seed
- seed down
- seminate
- set
- set in
- settle
- smuggle in
- sow
- sow broadcast
- squeeze in
- stamp
- stereotype
- teach
- tessellate
- throw in
- thrust in
- transplant
- wedge
- wedge in
- work in
- worm in
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