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inject

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Verb (transitive)

HYPHEN

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb inject has 6 senses

inject(v = verb.body) shoot - give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"

is one way to administer, dispense

Derived forms adjective injectable₁, noun injectant₁, noun injection₃

Sample sentence:
Did he inject his foot?

inject(v = verb.change) Array - to introduce (a new aspect or element); "He injected new life into the performance"

is one way to

add

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP

inject(v = verb.contact) shoot - force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; "inject hydrogen into the balloon"

is one way to enclose, inclose, insert, introduce, put in, stick in

Derived forms adjective injectable₁, noun injection₁, noun injector₁

Sample sentences:
They inject the fruit with a chemical
They inject a chemical into the fruit

inject(v = verb.consumption) Array - take by injection; "inject heroin"

is one way to

do drugs

drug

Derived form noun injectant₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

inject(v = verb.consumption) Array - feed intravenously; Array

is one way to

feed

give

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s somebody PP

inject(v = verb.communication) come in, interject, interpose, put in, throw in - to insert between other elements; "She interjected clever remarks"

is one way to break up, cut off, disrupt, interrupt

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

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CIDE DICTIONARY

inject, v. t. [L. injectus, p. p. of inicere, injicere, to throw in; pref. in- in + jacere to throw: cf. F. injecter. See Jet a shooting forth.].

To throw in; to dart in; to force in; as, to inject cold water into a condenser; to inject a medicinal liquid into a cavity of the body; to inject morphine with a hypodermic syringe. [1913 Webster]
Fig.: To throw; to offer; to propose; to instill. [1913 Webster]
"Cæsar also, then hatching tyranny, injected the same scrupulous demurs." [1913 Webster]
To cast or throw; -- with on. [1913 Webster]
"And mound inject on mound." [1913 Webster]
To fill (a vessel, cavity, or tissue) with a fluid or other substance; as, to inject the blood vessels. [1913 Webster]
to add in; to insert; to interject; as, to inject a comment into the conversation; to inject humor into a tense situation. [PJC]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

inject, v.tr.
1 Med. a (usu. foll. by into) drive or force (a solution, medicine, etc.) by or as if by a syringe. b (usu. foll. by with) fill (a cavity etc.) by injecting. c administer medicine etc. to (a person) by injection.
2 place or insert (an object, a quality, etc.) into something (may I inject a note of realism?).

Derivative

injectable adj. & n. injector n.

Etymology

L injicere (as IN-(2), jacere throw)

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THESAURUS

inject

animate, bathe, brew, bring in, douche, drench, drive in, drouk, ease in, embue, enliven, exhilarate, fire, flush, force in, imbrue, imbue, impregnate, infect, infiltrate, inform, infuse, inoculate, insert, insinuate, inspire, inspirit, interject, introduce, intromit, lave, leach, lixiviate, macerate, percolate, perfuse, permeate, pop in, put in, rinse, saturate, seethe, set in, slip in, soak, sodden, sop, souse, spirit, spirit up, steep, stick in, throw in, tuck in, wash, waterlog, whip in

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ROGET THESAURUS

inject

Insertion

VB insert, introduce, intromit, put into, run into, import, inject, interject, infuse, instill, inoculate, impregnate, imbue, imbrue, graft, ingraft, bud, plant, implant, dovetail, obtrude, thrust in, stick in, ram in, stuff in, tuck in, press, in, drive in, pop in, whip in, drop in, put in, impact, empierce, imbed, immerse, immerge, merge, bathe, soak, dip, plunge, bury, insert itself, lodge itself, plunge in medias res.

Water

VB be watery, reek, add water, water, wet, moisten, dilute, dip, immerse, merge, immerge, submerge, plunge, souse, duck, drown, soak, steep, macerate, pickle, wash, sprinkle, lave, bathe, affuse, splash, swash, douse, drench, dabble, slop, slobber, irrigate, inundate, deluge, syringe, inject, gargle.

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