saastuttaa — meaning in English
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English meaning
- contaminate verb To make something impure, dirty, or unsafe by introducing a harmful substance.
- inoculate verb To put a vaccine or other substance that triggers an immune response into a body or person, so as to bring about resistance to a particular illness.
- mingle verb To move around and talk casually with different people at a social gathering.
- pollute verb To make air, water, or land dirty or harmful, usually by adding waste or chemicals.
- taint noun A trace of contamination, corruption, or disgrace attached to something or someone.
Senses
saastuttaa is used for these senses in English:
- contaminate (transitive) To make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter.
- inoculate (transitive, immunology) To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into something (e.g. the body) or someone, such as to produce immunity to a specific disease. [from c. 1722]
- mingle (transitive) To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate.
- pollute (transitive) To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product.
- taint (transitive) To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
inoculate — full definition
- verb To put a vaccine or other substance that triggers an immune response into a body or person, so as to bring about resistance to a particular illness.
- verb To protect something, as if by giving it a vaccine.
- verb To mix one substance into another.
- verb To graft a plant by inserting a bud taken from another plant.
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