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Inject

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.

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Verb group 2

Shoot 84% connected

An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artifi…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Shoot 84% connected

An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artifi…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 12

Add 76% connected

To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Administer 76% connected

To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as, to administer the government or the…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dispense 76% connected

To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispens…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Disrupt 76% connected

Rent off; torn asunder; severed; disrupted.

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Drug 76% connected

To drudge; to toil laboriously.

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Enclose 76% connected

To inclose. See Inclose.

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Feed 76% connected

of Fee

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Give 76% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Inclose 76% connected

To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Insert 76% connected

To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to ins…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Interrupt 76% connected

To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Introduce 76% connected

To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 4

Infuse 76% connected

To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Inoculate 76% connected

To bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree or plant in another tree or plant.

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Pop 76% connected

A small, sharp, quick explosive sound or report; as, to go off with a pop.

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Vaccinate 76% connected

To inoculate with the cowpox by means of a virus, called vaccine, taken either directly or indirectly from cows.

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Derivationally related 4

Injection 74% connected

The act of injecting or throwing in; -- applied particularly to the forcible throwing in of a liquid, or aeriform body, by means of a syringe, pump,…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Injection 74% connected

The act of injecting or throwing in; -- applied particularly to the forcible throwing in of a liquid, or aeriform body, by means of a syringe, pump,…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Injector 74% connected

One who, or that which, injects.

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Injector 74% connected

One who, or that which, injects.

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Synonym 3

Interject 92% connected

To throw in between; to insert; to interpose.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Interpose 92% connected

To place between; as, to interpose a screen between the eye and the light.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Shoot 92% connected

An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artifi…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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