inject Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb give an injection to
    shoot.
    • We injected the glucose into the patient's vein
  2. verb to introduce (a new aspect or element)
    • He injected new life into the performance
  3. verb force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
    shoot.
    • inject hydrogen into the balloon
  4. verb take by injection
    • inject heroin
  5. verb feed intravenously
  6. verb to insert between other elements
    put in; throw in; interject; interpose; come in.
    • She interjected clever remarks

WordNet

In*ject" transitive verb
Etymology
L. injectus, p. p. of inicere, injicere, to throw in; pref. in- in + jacere to throw: cf. F. injecter. See Jet a shooting forth.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Injected; present participle & verbal noun Injecting
Definitions
  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.
  2. Fig.: To throw; to offer; to propose; to instill.
    Cæsar also, then hatching tyranny, injected the same scrupulous demurs. Milton.
  3. To cast or throw; -- with on. R.
    And mound inject on mound. Pope.
  4. (Anat.) To fill (a vessel, cavity, or tissue) with a fluid or other substance; as, to inject the blood vessels.

Webster 1913