INJECT

[verb] [T] - to use a needle and syringe (= small tube) to put (a liquid such as a medicine) into (a person's body)The army doctor injected the man with morphine and amputated his foot.(esp. UK and ANZ) Older people should be injected against flu in winter (= be injected with a medicine to prevent this illness).(figurative) A large amount of money will have to be injected into (= put into) the company if it is to survive. [T](figurative) A competition was set up to inject some friendly rivalry into the proceedings. [T]