impregnation

Noun

Meaning

The act of impregnating or the state of being impregnated; fecundation.

The fusion of a female germ cell (ovum) with a male germ cell (in animals, a spermatozoon) to form a single new cell endowed with the power of developing into a new individual; fertilization; fecundation.

Intimate mixture; influsion; saturation.

An ore deposit, with indefinite boundaries, consisting of rock impregnated with ore.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

saturation fertilization fecundation fertilisation origin reproduction conception intake propagation penetration retention digestion conjugation gestation suction
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Antonyms

DRY concrete drain abortion breath miscarriage
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Hypernyms

material creation conception stuff permeation pervasion

Hyponyms

pollination self-fertilization cross-fertilization cross-fertilisation superfetation superfecundation

Examples

the impregnation of wood with preservative Source: Internet

the saturation of cotton with ether Source: Internet

the impregnation, whatever it was, had turned the rock blue Source: Internet

The disembodied phallus and its impregnation of a virgin slave of Royal birth are unique to Servius. Source: Internet

The Egyptologist Herman te Velde argues that the tradition about the lost testicles is a late variation on Set's loss of semen to Horus, and that the moon-like disk that emerges from Set's head after his impregnation is the Eye of Horus. Source: Internet

Marjatta's nature, impregnation and searching for a place to give birth are in allegory to the Virgin Mary and the Christianisation of Finland. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

impregnant impregnatable impregnate impregnator imprejudicate imprenable