inject
/ɪnˈd͡ʒɛkt/ verb B1- To push or pump (something, especially fluids) into a cavity or passage. · The nurse injected a painkilling drug into the veins of my forearm.
- To introduce (something) suddenly or violently. · Punk injected a much-needed sense of urgency into the British music scene.
- To administer an injection to (someone or something), especially of medicine or drugs. · Now lie back while we inject you with the anesthetic.· to inject the blood vessels
- To take or be administered something by means of injection, especially medicine or drugs. · It's been a week since I stopped injecting, and I'm still in withdrawal.
- To introduce (code) into an existing program or its memory space, often without tight integration and sometimes through a security vulnerability.
- To introduce or add (something that is different or foreign). · inject something into orbit· inject some spice into my life
He/she/it injects · Past injected · Past participle injected · -ing form injecting
Verb forms
- Base form
- inject
- He/she/it
- injects
- Past
- injected
- Past participle
- injected
- -ing form
- injecting
From the library
The Serpent, irritated at the escape of his prey, injected his poison into the drinking horn of the countryman.
Dantès raised his head and saw Faria’s eyes injected with blood.
Visionary artists took the traditional twelve-bar blues progression and injected it with unprecedented speed and youthful enthusiasm.
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