Thesaurus: inject

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1. v. t. 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. v. t. Fig.: To throw; to offer; to propose; to instill.
3. v. t. To cast or throw; -- with on.
4. v. t. To fill (a vessel, cavity, or tissue) with a fluid or other substance; as, to inject the blood vessels.
5. v. give an injection to
6. v. to introduce (a new aspect or element)
7. v. force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
8. v. take by injection
9. v. feed intravenously
10. v. to insert between other elements
11. 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.
12. To fill (a vessel, cavity, or tissue) with a fluid or othersubstance; as, to inject the blood vessels.