inoculate
inoculate is a 9-letter English word with 11 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree or plant in another tree or plant. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree or plant in another tree or plant.
- transitive verb. To insert a foreign bud into; as, to inoculate a tree.
- transitive verb. To communicate a disease to ( a person ) by inserting infectious matter in the skin or flesh; as, to inoculate a person with the virus of smallpox,rabies, etc. See Vaccinate.
- transitive verb. Fig.: To introduce into the mind; -- used especially of harmful ideas or principles; to imbue; as, to inoculate one with treason or infidelity.
- intransitive verb. To graft by inserting buds.
- intransitive verb. To communicate disease by inoculation.
- verb. impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune
- verb. insert a bud for propagation
- verb. perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation
"We vaccinate against scarlet fever"
"The nurse vaccinated the children in the school"
- verb. introduce a microorganism into
- verb. introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of
"My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs"
Synonyms
Common word forms
inoculated, inoculates, inoculating
Words from these letters
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