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syringe

/səˈɹɪnd͡ʒ/ verb C2
  1. To clean or rinse by means of a syringe. (transitive) · Have your ears syringed! They're so dirty!
  2. To inject by means of a syringe. (transitive)

He/she/it syringes · Past syringed · Past participle syringed · -ing form syringing

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Verb forms

Base form
syringe
He/she/it
syringes
Past
syringed
Past participle
syringed
-ing form
syringing

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I was horrified by my first glimpse of Holmes next morning, for he sat by the fire holding his tiny hypodermic syringe.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 120 · C1
On this syringe I base all my hopes.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 121 · C1
I walked into the doctor’s yard this morning, and shot my syringe full of aniseed over the hind wheel.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 122 · C1

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