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- [im-broo ]
- /ɪmˈbrʊ/
- /ɪm.ˈbruː/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [im-broo ]
- /ɪmˈbrʊ/
Definitions of imbrue word
- verb with object imbrue to stain: He refused to imbrue his hands with the blood of more killing. 1
- verb with object imbrue to impregnate or imbue (usually followed by with or in): They are imbrued with the follies of youth. 1
- noun imbrue Stain (something, especially one’s hands or sword). 1
- verb imbrue to stain, esp with blood 0
- verb imbrue to permeate or impregnate 0
- verb transitive imbrue to wet, soak, or stain, esp. with blood 0
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Origin of imbrue
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English enbrewen < Middle French embreuver to cause to drink in, soak, drench < Vulgar Latin *imbiberāre, derivative of Latin imbibere to imbibe
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Parts of speech for Imbrue
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
imbrue popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 61% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
imbrue usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for imbrue
verb imbrue
- inundate — to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge.
- soak — to lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid.
- deluge — A deluge of things is a large number of them which arrive or happen at the same time.
- saturate — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
- drown — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
noun imbrue
- vestige — a mark, trace, or visible evidence of something that is no longer present or in existence: A few columns were the last vestiges of a Greek temple.
- tint — a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- trace — either of the two straps, ropes, or chains by which a carriage, wagon, or the like is drawn by a harnessed horse or other draft animal.
- color — the sensation resulting from stimulation of the retina of the eye by light waves of certain lengths
- taint — the area between the testicles or vulva and the anus; the perineum.
Antonyms for imbrue
verb imbrue
- dehydrate — When something such as food is dehydrated, all the water is removed from it, often in order to preserve it.
- dry — free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
- parch — to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- deplete — To deplete a stock or amount of something means to reduce it.
noun imbrue
- cleanliness — Cleanliness is the degree to which people keep themselves and their surroundings clean.
- white — of the color of pure snow, of the margins of this page, etc.; reflecting nearly all the rays of sunlight or a similar light.
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