implant
verb /ɪmˈplɑːnt/
/ɪmˈplænt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they implant | /ɪmˈplɑːnt/ /ɪmˈplænt/ |
| he / she / it implants | /ɪmˈplɑːnts/ /ɪmˈplænts/ |
| past simple implanted | /ɪmˈplɑːntɪd/ /ɪmˈplæntɪd/ |
| past participle implanted | /ɪmˈplɑːntɪd/ /ɪmˈplæntɪd/ |
| -ing form implanting | /ɪmˈplɑːntɪŋ/ /ɪmˈplæntɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] implant something (in/into something) to fix an idea, attitude, etc. in somebody’s mind
- Prejudices can easily become implanted in the mind.
- [transitive] implant something (in/into something) to put something (usually something artificial) into a part of the body, usually in a medical operation
- an electrode implanted into the brain
- an operation to implant an artificial heart
- [intransitive, transitive] implant (itself) (in/into something) (of an egg or an embryo) to become fixed inside the body of a person or an animal so that it can start to develop
- The embryo is placed into the uterus where it has a chance to implant.
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin implantare ‘graft’, from Latin in- ‘into’ + plantare ‘to plant’.