implant

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To fix firmly or set securely or deeply.
2. (transitive) To insert (something) surgically into the body.
3. (intransitive) Of an embryo, to become attached to and embedded in the womb.

Noun

1. Anything surgically implanted in the body, such as a tissue graft or prosthesis, particularly breast implants.
2. A representative of a travel company, working within the office of a large client and exclusively dealing with that client.

Synonyms

plant

🌱

inculcate

embed

engraft

insert

instill

imbue

fix

set

imbed

ingraft

inject

impregnate

drive in

spread

infuse

implantation

graft

inoculate

inseminate

intercalate

interpolate

interpose

interposition

intervene

introduce

lodge

moor

pad

place

put

radicalize

root

run in

scion

seat

💺

shoot

sit down

sow

splice

sprout

stick

stuck

teach

transplant

fit into

intrench

put into

invest in

adhere

Translations

implant

implanter

planter

🌱

implantar

implantar

impiantare

einpflanzen

🌱

impianto

🌱

implante

Implantat

implantieren

inculcare

implantaat

plante

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪmˈplɑːnt/

Etymology

From Middle French implanter, from Latin implantō. By surface analysis, im- + plant.