inject
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 19
- Letters
- 6
/ɪnˈd͡ʒɛkt/
Definition of inject
7 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To push or pump (something, especially fluids) into a cavity or passage.
“The nurse injected a painkilling drug into the veins of my forearm.”
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verb
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(transitive)To push or pump (something, especially fluids) into a cavity or passage.
“The nurse injected a painkilling drug into the veins of my forearm.”
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(transitive)To introduce (something) suddenly or violently.
“Punk injected a much-needed sense of urgency into the British music scene.”
“Caesar also, then hatching tyranny, injected the same scrupulous demurs.”
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(transitive)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”
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(intransitive)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.”
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(transitive)To introduce (code) into an existing program or its memory space, often without tight integration and sometimes through a security vulnerability.
“Yes, you'll have to use CreateRemoteThread to "inject code" if you want information like the current directory of a process (at least on NT 3.5x).”
“As soon as a virus programmer discovers that some popular ActiveX thing has a bug that can be exploited, e.g. with controlled crashes to inject code, it's going to be a disaster.”
“A quick test to see if I can inject SQL data is to enter my username and password as 'a.”
“DOM XSS is an unusual method for injecting JavaScript into a user's browser.”
“The AJAX controls inject the appropriate JavaScript code into the HTML output stream without you needing to code any JavaScript yourself.”
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(obsolete, transitive)To cast or throw; used with on.
“And mound inject on mound.”
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(transitive)To introduce or add (something that is different or foreign).
“inject something into orbit”
“inject some spice into my life”
“This passage seems unfortunately to have set the tone, among English writers, for comment on the expedition, and quite wrongly since Gamitto used his donkey to inject some much needed light relief among the difficulties and privations of the journey.”
“Although you must admit that'd inject some spice into my life.”
“Launchers can inject in orbit several satellites per launch since LEO and MEO satellites are usually smaller than GEO satellites.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Latin iniectus, injectus, participle of iniciō, injiciō (“to throw in”), from in- + iaciō (“I throw”).
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