implant
im|plant (implants implanting implanted)
The verb is pronounced /ɪmpl'ɑːnt, -pl'ænt/ The noun is pronounced /'ɪmplɑːnt, -plænt/
1 [VERB] V n adv/prep, V-ed
To implant something into a person's body means to put it there, usually by means of a medical operation.
Two days later, they implanted the fertilized eggs back inside me.
...a surgically implanted birth-control device.
● implantation [N-UNCOUNT]
The embryos were tested to determine their sex prior to implantation.
2 [N-COUNT]
An implant is something that is implanted into a person's body.
A woman can choose to have breast implants.
3 [VERB] V in n, also V
When an egg or embryo implants in the womb, it becomes established there and can then develop.
Non-identical twins are the result of two fertilised eggs implanting in the uterus at the same time.
● implantation [N-UNCOUNT]
...the 11 days required to allow for normal implantation of a fertilized egg.
4 [VERB] V n in/into n, V n
If you implant an idea or attitude in people, you make it become accepted or believed.
The speech implanted a dangerous prejudice in their minds...
He is devoting much of his energy to implanting an element of distrust in the community.
= sow
The verb is pronounced /ɪmpl'ɑːnt, -pl'ænt/ The noun is pronounced /'ɪmplɑːnt, -plænt/
1 [VERB] V n adv/prep, V-ed
To implant something into a person's body means to put it there, usually by means of a medical operation.
Two days later, they implanted the fertilized eggs back inside me.
...a surgically implanted birth-control device.
● implantation [N-UNCOUNT]
The embryos were tested to determine their sex prior to implantation.
2 [N-COUNT]
An implant is something that is implanted into a person's body.
A woman can choose to have breast implants.
3 [VERB] V in n, also V
When an egg or embryo implants in the womb, it becomes established there and can then develop.
Non-identical twins are the result of two fertilised eggs implanting in the uterus at the same time.
● implantation [N-UNCOUNT]
...the 11 days required to allow for normal implantation of a fertilized egg.
4 [VERB] V n in/into n, V n
If you implant an idea or attitude in people, you make it become accepted or believed.
The speech implanted a dangerous prejudice in their minds...
He is devoting much of his energy to implanting an element of distrust in the community.
= sow