transfuse
/tɹænsˈfjuːz/
transfuse verb: to administer a transfusion of.
Verb
transfuse (third-person singular simple present transfuses, present participle transfusing, simple past and past participle transfused)
- To administer a transfusion of.
- A few years subsequent to his investigation, Richard Lower, also working on dogs, successfully tranfused the blood of one dog to that of another.1952, Vincent Joseph Collins, Principles and Practice of Anesthesiology, page 461
- To pour liquid from one vessel into another.
- To diffuse or permeate through something.
transfuse meaning in Urdu and Kannada
transfuse in Urdu
- رنگ دینا, ذہن نشین کرنا
transfuse in Kannada
- ತುಂಬು, ಒಳಮುಟ್ಟು, ಹೀರಿಕೊಳ್ಳು, ಒಳಸೇರಿಸು
Forms of transfuse
| third-person singular present | transfuses |
|---|---|
| present participle | transfusing |
| past participle | transfused |
| past | transfused |
Origin of transfuse
From trans- + fusus, past participle of fundō (“to pour, to melt”). By surface analysis, trans- + fuse.
Words formed from transfuse
Words that rhyme with transfuse
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- amuse
- bemuse
- choose
- excuse
- misuse
- muse
- ooze
- peruse
- accuse
- booze
- druse
- news
- ruse
- snooze
- suffuse
- who's
- whose
- circumfuse
- cooze
- defuse
- diffuse
- enthuse
- flues
- fuze
- jalouse
- mews
- perfuse
- snooz
- Toulouse
- twos
- yous
- 'scuse
- accrues
- aloos
- bambooze
- blooze
- boos
- boose
- brews
- canoes
- chews
- clews
- clues
- construes
- contuse
- coos
- coups
- crews
Questions about transfuse
- What does transfuse mean?
- Transfuse means to administer a transfusion of.
- What is transfuse in Urdu?
- Transfuse in Urdu is رنگ دینا, ذہن نشین کرنا. See Transfuse meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is transfuse?
- Transfuse is a verb.
- How do you pronounce transfuse?
- Transfuse is pronounced /tɹænsˈfjuːz/.
- What is the past tense of transfuse?
- The past tense of transfuse is transfused.
Words near transfuse in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: transfuse (page history and authors); transfuse (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); transfuse (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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