injects

Meaning of injects

verb, 3rd person present
  1. introduce (a liquid, especially a drug or vaccine) into the body with a syringe.
    the doctor injected a painkilling drug
  2. introduce (something) under pressure into a passage, cavity, or solid material.
    inject the foam and allow it to expand
  3. introduce (a new or different element) into something.
    she tried to inject scorn into her tone
  4. place (a spacecraft or other object) into an orbit or trajectory.
    many meteoroids are injected into hyperbolic orbits

late 16th century (in the sense ‘throw or cast on something’): from Latin inject- ‘thrown in’, from the verb inicere, from in- ‘into’ + jacere ‘throw’.

Information about injects

  • It is a verb.
  • The singular form of injects is: inject.
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Hyphenation of injects

in-jects

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • injects is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

injects synonyms

Meaning manage and be responsible for the running of (a business, organization, etc.):

administer

Meaning bring (something, especially a product, measure, or concept) into use or operation for the first time:

introduce

Meaning treat with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease; vaccinate:

inoculate

Meaning treat with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease; inoculate:

vaccinate

Meaning kill or wound (a person or animal) with a bullet or arrow:

shoot

Meaning inject (a drug) intravenously:

mainline

Meaning make a light explosive sound:

pop

Meaning place, fit, or push (something) into something else:

insert

Meaning put in a particular position:

place

Meaning exert force on (someone or something) in order to move them away from oneself:

push

Meaning make a way through or into by physical strength; break open by force:

force

Meaning operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle:

drive

Meaning give food to:

feed

Meaning put (a substance) into something in the form of liquid drops:

instil

Meaning instil (a quality) in someone or something:

infuse

Meaning inspire or permeate with (a feeling or quality):

imbue

Meaning instil (an idea, attitude, or habit) by persistent instruction:

inculcate

Meaning take air into the lungs and then expel it, especially as a regular physiological process:

breathe

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