impregnating
Infusing with substance
Impregnating is making pregnant—fertilizing an egg to begin reproduction: The male's role in impregnating the female.
The word extends to saturating or permeating a substance with another: impregnating wood with preservative, impregnating fabric with waterproofing.
In both senses, something is introduced deeply into something else, whether sperm into an egg or a chemical into material.
Spreading throughout completely
- infusingSoaking to extract flavor
- soakingCompletely saturated with liquid
- imbuingFilling thoroughly with
- steepingSoaking to extract flavor
penetrating · suffusing · diffusing · seeping · pervading · absorbing · drenching · osmosis
Filling thoroughly with
- influencingAltering someone's thinking
- inculcationImplanting ideas through repetition
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
- infusingSoaking to extract flavor
inspiring · conditioning · instigation · ingraining · embedding · suffusing · permeating · filling
Gamete fusion creating zygote
- inseminationIntroducing sperm for conception
- conceiveForm a mental notion
- ovulationEgg discharge from ovary
- reproductionCopying or procreation
procreation · fertility · gestation · embryo · zygote · blastocyst · gamete · ovum
Adding nutrients to soil
- pollenFloral reproductive grains
- stamenPollen-producing flower organ
- pistilSeed-producing flower organ
- germinatingStarting to grow
propagating · breeding · hybridizing · cultivating · plant reproduction · flowering · seeding · botany
permeating
Spreading throughout completely
- infusingSoaking to extract flavor
- soakingCompletely saturated with liquid
- imbuingFilling thoroughly with
steeping · penetrating · suffusing · diffusing · seeping · pervading · absorbing · drenching · osmosis · percolating
imbuing
Filling thoroughly with
- influencingAltering someone's thinking
- inculcationImplanting ideas through repetition
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
infusing · inspiring · conditioning · instigation · ingraining · embedding · suffusing · permeating · filling
fertilization
Gamete fusion creating zygote
- inseminationIntroducing sperm for conception
- conceiveForm a mental notion
- ovulationEgg discharge from ovary
reproduction · procreation · fertility · gestation · embryo · zygote · blastocyst · gamete · ovum · sperm
fertilizing
Adding nutrients to soil
- pollenFloral reproductive grains
- stamenPollen-producing flower organ
- pistilSeed-producing flower organ
germinating · propagating · breeding · hybridizing · cultivating · plant reproduction · flowering · seeding · botany
- infusinginfusing, steeping, brewing, permeating, imbuing
impregnatingsterilizing
Destroying all microorganisms
contraception · aborting · neutering · castrating · spaying
impregnatingextracting
Pulling out from within
draining · removing · leaching · emptying · drawing out