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INSUFFLATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does insufflate mean? 

INSUFFLATE (verb)
  The verb INSUFFLATE has 3 senses:

1. breathe or blow onto as a ritual or sacramental act, especially so as to symbolize the action of the Holy Spiritplay

2. treat by blowing a powder or vapor into a bodily cavityplay

3. blow or breathe hard on or intoplay

  Familiarity information: INSUFFLATE used as a verb is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


INSUFFLATE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they insufflate  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it insufflates  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: insufflated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: insufflated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: insufflating  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Breathe or blow onto as a ritual or sacramental act, especially so as to symbolize the action of the Holy Spirit

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "insufflate" is one way to...):

administer (perform (a church sacrament) ritually)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

insufflation (an act of blowing or breathing on or into something)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Treat by blowing a powder or vapor into a bodily cavity

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "insufflate" is one way to...):

care for; treat (provide treatment for)

Verb group:

insufflate (blow or breathe hard on or into)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

insufflation ((medicine) blowing air or medicated powder into the lungs (or into some other body cavity))


Sense 3

Meaning:

Blow or breathe hard on or into

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "insufflate" is one way to...):

blow (exhale hard)

Verb group:

insufflate (treat by blowing a powder or vapor into a bodily cavity)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

insufflation (an act of blowing or breathing on or into something)


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