infuseverb
uk/ɪnˈfjuːz/us/ɪnˈfjuːz/infuse verb (EMOTION)
[ T + prep ] to fill someone or something with an emotion or quality:
The pulling down of the Berlin Wall infused the world with optimism.
The arrival of a group of friends on Saturday infused new life into the weekend.
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Filling and completing
- brick
- brick up sth
- brim
- crowd
- crowd sb/sth out
- fill
- jam
- occupy
- overcrowded
- overran
- overrun
- pack sth/somewhere out
- plug
- round
- supersaturated
- tank
- tank up
- top sb up
- top sth up
- wadding
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infuse verb (DRINK)
[ I or T ] If you infuse a drink or it infuses, you leave substances such as tea leaves or herbs in hot water so that their flavour goes into the liquid:
Allow the tea to infuse for five minutes.
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Warm drinks
- Americano
- arabica
- bed-tea
- black tea
- blended
- cocoa
- coffee
- coffee maker
- cuppa
- decaf
- hot chocolate
- how do you like...? idiom
- infusion
- Irish coffee
- lapsang souchong
- stewed
- tea
- tea ball
- teabag
- teapot
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