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# infusion

noun (an infusion, infusions; also uncountable)

«infusion» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A drink made by soaking leaves, flowers or fruit in hot water, like herbal tea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infusion/#m1)
2. (medicine) Putting a liquid such as medicine or fluid slowly into a vein through a tube (a drip). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infusion/#m2)
3. Adding something new that brings energy or change: an infusion of money, an infusion of new ideas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infusion/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life: a mint, camomile or fruit infusion is like tea without tea leaves. In hospital, a patient may have an infusion of fluids or medicine. In science, making an infusion is a way of drawing flavour or colour out of plants into water. Phrases: herbal infusion, an infusion of cash, a saline infusion.

### Examples

- Grandma drinks a camomile infusion before bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infusion/#x1)
- We made an infusion of red cabbage to test acids and alkalis. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infusion/#x2)
- The nurse gave him an infusion of fluids through a drip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infusion/#x3)
- The new players gave the team an infusion of energy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infusion/#x4)
- A mint infusion is made by steeping leaves in hot water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infusion/#x5)
- The school got an infusion of money to fix the roof. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infusion/#x6)

### Note

Verb «infuse» (to steep, or to fill with a feeling: infused with hope). Countable for each drink or dose. Don't confuse «infusion» with «confusion» or «diffusion» (spreading out of particles).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «infusion» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infusion/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«infusion» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/infusion.html) on Mova free.