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inject

/ɪnˈd͡ʒɛkt/

inject verb: to push or pump (something, especially fluids) into a cavity or passage.

Verb

inject (third-person singular simple present injects, present participle injecting, simple past and past participle injected)

  1. (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.
  2. (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.1649, J[ohn] Milton, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC
  3. (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
  4. (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.
  5. (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).1996 November 11, David Taillé <taille@calva.net>, “Getting Process information”, in comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32 (Usenet), message-ID <MPG.cf15f0a5cfb22c3989699@news.calvacom.fr>
    • 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.1999 August 23, Osvaldo Pinali Doederlein <osvaldo@visionnaire.com.br>, “Java is Going to Be the Death of Java”, in comp.lang.java.advocacy (Usenet), message-ID...
  6. (obsolete, transitive) To cast or throw; used with on.
    • And mound inject on mound.1725, Homer, “Book XI”, in [Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume III, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC
  7. (transitive) To introduce or add (something that is different or foreign).
    • inject something into orbit
    • inject some spice into my life

inject meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu

inject in Tamil

உட்செலுத்து, ஊசி மூலம் மருந்து செலுத்து

inject in Urdu

داخل کرنا, ٹیکا لگانا

inject in Bengali

ইনজেকশন দেওয়া, সঞ্চার করা

inject in Telugu

ఇంజెక్షన్ వేయడానికి
More languagesFewer languages
inject in Malayalam
കുത്തിവെയ്ക്കുക ഇൻഞ്ചക്റ്റ് kuttiveykkuka
inject in Kannada
ಚುಚ್ಚುಮದ್ದು ಹಾಕು, ಒಳಹೊಗಿಸು, ಸೇರಿಸು, ತುಂಬು
inject in Punjabi
ਇੰਜੈਕਟ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
inject in Gujarati
ઇન્જેક્ટ કરવા માટે
inject in Nepali
इन्जेक्सन गर्न, इन्जेक्ट गर्न, इन्जेक्शन गर्न
inject in Thai
ฉีดยา chìit-yaa

Examples of inject in a sentence

  • A quick test to see if I can inject SQL data is to enter my username and password as 'a.2003, Ryan Russell, “The Thief No One Saw”, in Stealing the Network: How to Own the Box, →ISBN, page 146:
  • DOM XSS is an unusual method for injecting JavaScript into a user's browser.2007, Jeremiah Grossman, Robert Hansen, “XSS Theory”, in XSS Attacks: Cross-Site Scripting Exploits and Defense, →ISBN, page 86:
  • The AJAX controls inject the appropriate JavaScript code into the HTML output stream without you needing to code any JavaScript yourself.2010, Andrew Moore, “AJAX Explained: What It Does and Why You Should Consider Using It”, in Visual Studio 2010 All-in-One for Dummies...
  • Although you must admit that'd inject some spice into my life.2009, Ilsa Evans, The Family Tree, page 25:

All 40 example sentences with inject

Forms of inject

third-person singular presentinjects
present participleinjecting
past participleinjected
pastinjected

Past tense of inject: injected

Origin of inject

From Latin iniectus, injectus, participle of iniciō, injiciō (“to throw in”), from in- + iaciō (“I throw”).

Words formed from inject

Words that rhyme with inject

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Questions about inject

What does inject mean?
Inject means to push or pump (something, especially fluids) into a cavity or passage.
What is inject in Tamil?
Inject in Tamil is உட்செலுத்து, ஊசி மூலம் மருந்து செலுத்து. See Inject meaning in Tamil.
How do you use inject in a sentence?
A quick test to see if I can inject SQL data is to enter my username and password as 'a.
What part of speech is inject?
Inject is a verb.
How do you pronounce inject?
Inject is pronounced /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛkt/.
What is the past tense of inject?
The past tense of inject is injected.

Words near inject in the dictionary

  1. initionym
  2. initionyms
  3. inits
  4. Inity
  5. iniunctum
  6. inject
  7. injectability
  8. injectable
  9. injectables
  10. injectal
  11. injectant

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: inject (page history and authors); inject (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inject (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Inject (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inject (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inject (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inject (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inject (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inject (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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