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Verb: inject  in'jekt
  1. Give an injection to
    "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein";
    - shoot
     
  2. Force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
    "inject hydrogen into the balloon";
    - shoot
     
  3. Take by injection
    "inject heroin"
     
  4. To insert between other elements
    "She injected clever remarks";
    - interject, come in, interpose, put in, throw in
     
  5. To introduce (a new aspect or element)
    "He injected new life into the performance"
     
  6. Feed intravenously

Derived forms: injected, injecting, injects

Type of: add, administer, break up, cut off, dispense, disrupt, do drugs, drug, enclose, feed, give, inclose, insert, interrupt, introduce, put in, stick in

Encyclopedia: Inject