transfuse

verb

tran(t)s-ˈfyüz How to pronounce transfuse (audio)
Definition of transfusenext
1
as in to transmit
to cause (something) to pass from one to another a teacher who is able to transfuse his enthusiasm and passion for history to his students

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2
as in to penetrate
to spread throughout light transfused the room as the sun rose

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Recent Examples of transfuse In the first eight months of Fort Worth’s blood program, paramedics have transfused more than 150 units of blood into 140 patients, according to data as of mid-December. — Lauren Caruba, Dallas Morning News, 2 Jan. 2026 Blood has been transfused from one greatest player to the next over multiple generations, and Cam is next in line. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025 Cam is injected with unknown serums, blood gets transfused and pocket-passing drills turn grisly. — Jake Coyle, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025 In the United States, doctors transfuse more than 14 million units of blood each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for transfuse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transfuse
  1. transmit
  2. penetrate
  3. spread
  4. suffuse
  5. give
  6. permeate
  7. convey
  8. communicate
Verb
  • People become infected with the illness by consuming food or water that has been contaminated with the parasite — the infection is not transmitted from person to person.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • The disease is transmitted via the inhalation of droplets of contaminated water but can’t be passed from person to person or through drinking water, as is commonly believed.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 10 July 2026
Definition of transmit
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  • Trees and shrubs may benefit from moisture penetrating even deeper into the root zone.
    — Heather Zidack, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026
  • Key Takeaways Red light therapy for knee pain requires near-infrared light between 780 and 860 nanometers to penetrate deep tissues and reduce pain.
    — Sukhman Rekhi, Verywell Health, 10 July 2026
Definition of penetrate
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  • Open from 6 to 9pm, the market spreads along five blocks of Higuera Street with more than 100 booths.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • Legionnaires’ disease is spread by inhaling tiny water droplets contaminated with Legionella bacteria.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of spread
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  • Good binoculars will reveal a score of stars in this little group, while long-exposure observatory photographs show about 1000 in the area — all suffused in great clouds and streamers of nebulous light.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 10 July 2026
  • Lyrically, these 10 songs are suffused with a bittersweet feeling of nostalgia for early adulthood, as heard on the album’s title track.
    — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2026
Definition of suffuse
Verb
  • Because of that, the resolution called on the Legislature to give counties more oversight.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 July 2026
  • The most fascinating quarter-final tie for me, given that Switzerland denied us an ​all-South American affair between Argentina​ and Colombia.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 11 July 2026
Definition of give
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  • Instead of going home that night, Wilber found himself back in bed 23 of the detention center — his bond denied — trying to ignore a nasty odor permeating his 14-person cell.
    — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • All these features also permeated the air in the last giddy days of 1999.
    — James Berman, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of permeate
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  • Hizkia, a Dutch specialist art transportation firm, conveyed it from there by truck, under police escort to the museum in the heart of London.
    — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 10 July 2026
  • The exterior of the Bowden house was found in Atlanta, and then McCall built a set for the interiors that was intended to convey the history implied in the script.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 10 July 2026
Definition of convey
Verb
  • Every firefly species uses a distinct blinking pattern to communicate, according to Insider Science.
    — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 5 July 2026
  • And this was really a new way for a president to communicate with the American people.
    — NBC news, NBC news, 5 July 2026
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“Transfuse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transfuse. Accessed 13 Jul. 2026.

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