'Inject' definitions:
Definition of 'inject'
From: WordNet
verb
Give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein" [syn: inject, shoot]
verb
To introduce (a new aspect or element); "He injected new life into the performance"
verb
Force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; "inject hydrogen into the balloon" [syn: inject, shoot]
verb
Take by injection; "inject heroin"
verb
Feed intravenously
verb
Definition of 'Inject'
From: GCIDE
- Inject \In*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Injected; p. pr. & vb. n. Injecting.] [L. injectus, p. p. of inicere, injicere, to throw in; pref. in- in + jacere to throw: cf. F. injecter. See Jet a shooting forth.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. 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]
- 2. Fig.: To throw; to offer; to propose; to instill. [1913 Webster]
- C[ae]sar also, then hatching tyranny, injected the same scrupulous demurs. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To cast or throw; -- with on. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- And mound inject on mound. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Anat.) To fill (a vessel, cavity, or tissue) with a fluid or other substance; as, to inject the blood vessels. [1913 Webster]
- 5. to add in; to insert; to interject; as, to inject a comment into the conversation; to inject humor into a tense situation. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'inject'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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