inject

Verb

Meaning

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.

Fig.: To throw; to offer; to propose; to instill.

To cast or throw; -- with on.

To fill (a vessel, cavity, or tissue) with a fluid or other substance; as, to inject the blood vessels.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

shoot interject put in interpose throw in include force put interpolate enter add feed shooting fill introduce
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Antonyms

remove expose neglect omit beg avulse
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Hypernyms

give add drug feed introduce interrupt

Hyponyms

pop infuse inoculate vaccinate mainline immunize

Phrases with the word

needle used to inject drugs inject in inject drugs

Derivatives

injected injecting

Examples

Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette. Colette

Inject a few raisins of conversation into the tasteless dough of existence. O. Henry

The main trouble with avant-garde art and literature, from the point of view of fascists and Stalinists, is not that they are too critical, but that they are too "innocent," that it is too difficult to inject effective propaganda, that kitsch is more pliable to this end. Clement Greenberg

We need to inject some old-fashioned American values and common-sense, practical thinking into our energy policy. Michael Bloomberg

It is to be expected that Satan will try to inject into the minds of the consecrated the thought that 1925 should see an end of the work, and that therefore it would be needless for them to do more. Joseph Franklin Rutherford

You can't inject new ideas in a man's head by cutting it off. African Proverb

Close letter words and terms

initiatrix inition Inity inject drugs inject in injectability