imp
Short definition from Wiktionary
Verb
- To engraft or plant (a plant or part of one, a sapling, etc.).
- To graft or implant (something other than a plant); to fix or set (something) in.
- 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.
- 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.
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).
- A mischievous child.
- A baby Tasmanian devil.
- A supporter (or less commonly, a player) of the Lincoln City Football Club.
- A young shoot of a plant, a tree, etc.; a sapling; also, a part of a plant used for grafting; a graft.
- An offspring or scion, especially of a noble family; (generally) a (usually male) child; a (young) man.
- Something added to or united with another to lengthen it out or repair it (such as an eke or small stand on which a beehive is placed, or a length of twisted hair in a fishing line).
- Synonym of god (“person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon”).
- Initialism of inosine monophosphate.
- Initialism of integral membrane protein.
- Initialism of individual meal package.
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