inject
(verb)
verb
1. give an injection to
- We injected the glucose into the patient's vein
Similar word(s): shoot
Definition categories: body, administer, dispense
2. to introduce (a new aspect or element)
- He injected new life into the performance
Definition categories: change, add
3. force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
- inject hydrogen into the balloon
Similar word(s): shoot
Definition categories: contact, enclose, inclose, insert, introduce
4. take by injection
- inject heroin
Definition categories: consumption, drug
5. feed intravenously
Definition categories: consumption, feed, give
6. to insert between other elements
Similar word(s): interject, interpose
Definition categories: communication, disrupt, interrupt
Sentences with inject as a verb:
- The nurse injected a painkilling drug into the veins of my forearm.
- Punk injected a much-needed sense of urgency into the British music scene.
- Now lie back while we inject you with the anesthetic.
- to inject the blood vessels
- It's been a week since I stopped injecting, and I'm still in withdrawal.