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

Derived forms: injected, injects, injecting

See also: injectable, injectant, injection, injector

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