EGAVE

imp

About 1.22 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To engraft or plant (a plant or part of one, a sapling, etc.).
  2. verb To graft or implant (something other than a plant); to fix or set (something) in.
  3. verb To engraft (a feather) on to a broken feather in a bird's wing or tail to repair it; to engraft (feathers) on to a bird, or a bird's wing or tail.
  4. verb To provide (someone or something) with wings, hence enabling them or it to soar. To add to or unite an object with (something) to lengthen the latter out or repair it; to eke out, enlarge, strengthen.
  5. verb To provide (someone or something) with wings, hence enabling them or it to soar.
  6. verb To add to or unite an object with (something) to lengthen the latter out or repair it; to eke out, enlarge, strengthen.
  7. noun A small, mischievous sprite or a malevolent supernatural creature, somewhat comparable to a demon but smaller and less powerful, formerly regarded as the child of the devil or a demon (see sense 3.2). .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  8. noun A mischievous child.

Similar words

brownie monkey hob pixy scalawag pixie elf scallywag gremlin rascal

Often followed by

of and in is to was or dehydrogenase who

Word family

imped imping imps

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