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infect
Overview of verb infect
The verb infect has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) infect -- (communicate a disease to; "Your children have infected you with this head cold")
2. (1) infect, taint -- (contaminate with a disease or microorganism)
3. infect -- (contaminate with ideas or an ideology; "society was infected by racism")
4. infect -- (affect in a contagious way; "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room")
Grep of noun infect
infection
infectious agent
infectious disease
infectious hepatitis
infectious mononucleosis
infectious polyneuritis
infective agent
Antonyms of verb infect
1 of 4 senses of infect
Sense 2
infect, taint
Antonym of disinfect (Sense 1)
=>disinfect
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb infect
4 senses of infect
Sense 1
infect
=> give
Sense 2
infect, taint
=> pollute, foul, contaminate
=> dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 3
infect
=> corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 4
infect
=> affect, impress, move, strike
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb infect
2 of 4 senses of infect
Sense 1
infect
=> canker
Sense 2
infect, taint
=> superinfect
=> smut
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb infect
4 senses of infect
Sense 1
infect
=> give
Sense 2
infect, taint
=> pollute, foul, contaminate
Sense 3
infect
=> corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
Sense 4
infect
=> affect, impress, move, strike
'Cause To' of verb infect
Derived Forms of verb infect
3 of 4 senses of infect
Sense 1
infect
RELATED TO>(adj) infective#1
=> infective, morbific, pathogenic
RELATED TO>(adj) infective#2
=> infectious, infective
RELATED TO>(noun) infection#4
=> infection, contagion, transmission
Sense 2
infect, taint
RELATED TO>(adj) infective#1
=> infective, morbific, pathogenic
RELATED TO>(adj) infective#2
=> infectious, infective
RELATED TO>(noun) infection#3
=> infection
RELATED TO>(noun) infection#1
=> infection
Sense 4
infect
RELATED TO>(noun) infection#5
=> contagion, infection
Domain of verb infect
Domain Terms of verb infect
Familiarity of verb infect
infect used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb infect
4 senses of infect
Sense 1
infect
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Somebody ----s somebody with something
Sense 2
infect, taint
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 3
infect
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 4
infect
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb infect
4 senses of infect
Sense 1
infect
> give
=> infect
=> award, grant
=> deliver, drive home
Sense 2
infect, taint
> pollute, foul, contaminate
=> infect, taint
Sense 3
infect
> corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
=> sensualize, sensualise, carnalize, carnalise
=> infect
=> lead off, lead astray
=> whore
=> poison
=> bastardize, bastardise
=> suborn
Sense 4
infect
> affect, impress, move, strike
=> infect
=> surprise
=> impress, ingrain, instill
=> awaken
=> engrave
=> strike dumb
=> zap
=> jar
=> hit home, strike home, strike a chord, strike a note
=> smite
=> cloud
=> pierce
=> impress
=> sweep away, sweep off
=> disturb, upset, trouble
=> touch, stir
=> move
=> sadden
=> alienate
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb infect
Sense 1
infect
=> give
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Sense 2
infect, taint
=> pollute, foul, contaminate
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Sense 3
infect
=> corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
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Sense 4
infect
=> affect, impress, move, strike
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Grep of verb infect
disinfect
infect
superinfect
Grep of adj infect
infected
infectious
infective
Grep of adv infect
infectiously
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