implant as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
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implant
noun
1 implant
A prosthesis placed permanently in tissue.
Polish: implant, wszczep
verb
1 implant
Fix or set securely or deeply:
— The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum.
synonyms: embed, engraft, imbed, plant.
Roget 300:
insert;
introduce,
intromit;
put into,
run into;
import;
inject;
interject
etc.
298;
infuse,
instill,
inoculate,
impregnate,
imbue,
imbrue.
graft,
ingraft†,
bud,
plant,
implant;
dovetail.
obtrude;
thrust in,
stick in,
ram in,
stuff in,
tuck in,
press,
in,
drive in,
pop in,
whip in,
drop in,
put in;
impact;
empierce†
etc.
(make a hole)
260†.
imbed;
immerse,
immerge,
merge;
bathe,
soak
etc.
(water)
337;
dip,
plunge
etc.
310.
bury
etc.
(inter)
363.
insert itself,
lodge itself
&c.;
plunge in medias res.
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Roget 537:
teach,
instruct,
educate,
edify,
school,
tutor;
cram,
prime,
coach;
enlighten
etc.
(inform)
527.
inculcate,
indoctrinate,
inoculate,
infuse,
instill,
infix,
ingraft†,
infiltrate;
imbue,
impregnate,
implant;
graft,
sow the seeds of,
disseminate.
given an idea of;
put up to,
put in the way of;
set right.
sharpen the wits,
enlarge the mind;
give new ideas,
open the eyes,
bring forward,
teach the young idea how to shoot"
[Thomson];
improve
etc.
658.
expound
etc.
(interpret)
522;
lecture;
read a lesson,
give a lesson,
give a lecture,
give a sermon,
give a discourse;
incept†;
hold forth,
preach;
sermonize,
moralize;
point a moral.
train,
discipline;
bring up,
bring up to;
form,
ground,
prepare,
qualify;
drill,
exercise,
practice,
habituate,
familiarize with,
nurture,
drynurse†,
breed,
rear,
take in hand;
break,
break in;
tame;
preinstruct†;
initiate;
inure
etc.
(habituate)
613.
put to nurse,
send to school.
direct,
guide;
direct attention to
etc.
(attention)
457;
impress upon the mind,
impress upon the memory;
beat into,
beat into the head;
convince
etc.
(belief)
484.
[instructional materials]
book,
workbook,
exercise book.
[unnecessary teaching]
preach to the wise,
teach one's grandmother to suck eggs,
teach granny to suck eggs;
preach to the converted.
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2 implant
Become attached to and embedded in the uterus.
3 implant
Put firmly in the mind.
synonym: plant.
Moby thesaurus: 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, 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, print, 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 ... show more.
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