verb
- introduces semen into the reproductive tract of a female animal or human for the purpose of fertilization
- implants or introduces ideas, principles, or influences into someone’s mind
Usage: medical; biological
Usage: figurative
Examples
- The veterinarian inseminates the mare using artificial techniques.
- The fertility clinic inseminates patients using donor sperm.
- The bull inseminates the cow during the breeding season.
- The teacher inseminates young minds with a love of learning.
- The propaganda inseminates the population with radical ideas.
- Modern technology allows farmers to inseminate cattle more efficiently.