| inject | | |
| v. (body) | 1. inject, shoot | give an injection to.; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein" |
| ~ practice of medicine, medicine | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries.; "he studied medicine at Harvard" |
| ~ dispense, administer | give or apply (medications). |
| ~ infuse | introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes.; "Some physiologists infuses sugar solutions into the veins of animals" |
| ~ vaccinate, immunise, immunize, inoculate | perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation.; "We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated the children in the school" |
| ~ inject, shoot | force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing.; "inject hydrogen into the balloon" |
| v. (change) | 2. inject | to introduce (a new aspect or element).; "He injected new life into the performance" |
| ~ add | make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of.; "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table" |
| v. (contact) | 3. inject, shoot | force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing.; "inject hydrogen into the balloon" |
| ~ inject, shoot | give an injection to.; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein" |
| ~ put in, inclose, insert, stick in, introduce, enclose | introduce.; "Insert your ticket here" |
| v. (consumption) | 4. inject | take by injection.; "inject heroin" |
| ~ mainline | inject into the vein.; "She is mainlining heroin" |
| ~ pop | take drugs, especially orally.; "The man charged with murder popped a valium to calm his nerves" |
| ~ do drugs, drug | use recreational drugs. |
| v. (consumption) | 5. inject | feed intravenously. |
| ~ feed, give | give food to.; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat" |
| v. (communication) | 6. come in, inject, interject, interpose, put in, throw in | to insert between other elements.; "She interjected clever remarks" |
| ~ cut off, disrupt, interrupt, break up | make a break in.; "We interrupt the program for the following messages" |
| pierce | | |
| n. (person) | 1. franklin pierce, pierce, president pierce | 14th President of the United States (1804-1869). |
| ~ chief executive, president of the united states, united states president, president | the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government.; "the President likes to jog every morning" |
| v. (contact) | 2. pierce | cut or make a way through.; "the knife cut through the flesh"; "The path pierced the jungle"; "Light pierced through the forest" |
| ~ penetrate, perforate | pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance.; "The bullet penetrated her chest" |
| ~ pick, break up | attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example.; "Pick open the ice" |
| v. (emotion) | 3. pierce | move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply.; "The cold pierced her bones"; "Her words pierced the students" |
| ~ impress, strike, affect, move | have an emotional or cognitive impact upon.; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" |
| v. (perception) | 4. pierce | sound sharply or shrilly.; "The scream pierced the night" |
| ~ sound | give off a certain sound or sounds.; "This record sounds scratchy" |
| v. (contact) | 5. pierce, thrust | penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument. |
| ~ penetrate, perforate | pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance.; "The bullet penetrated her chest" |
| ~ stick | pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed.; "He stuck the needle into his finger" |
| ~ stick | pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument.; "he stuck the cloth with the needle" |
| ~ peg | pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into. |
| ~ center punch | make a small hole in something as a guide for a drill. |
| ~ empale, impale, spike, transfix | pierce with a sharp stake or point.; "impale a shrimp on a skewer" |
| ~ horn, tusk | stab or pierce with a horn or tusk.; "the rhino horned the explorer" |
| ~ gore | wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument. |
| ~ lance | pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight. |
| v. (contact) | 6. pierce | make a hole into.; "The needle pierced her flesh" |
| ~ penetrate, perforate | pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance.; "The bullet penetrated her chest" |
| ~ poke | make a hole by poking. |
| ~ puncture | pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into.; "puncture a tire" |
| ~ riddle | pierce with many holes.; "The bullets riddled his body" |
| ~ prick, prickle | make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn.; "The nurse pricked my finger to get a small blood sample" |
| ~ bite | penetrate or cut, as with a knife.; "The fork bit into the surface" |
| ~ perforate, punch | make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation.; "perforate the sheets of paper" |
| ~ sting, bite, prick | deliver a sting to.; "A bee stung my arm yesterday" |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| ~ tap | pierce in order to draw a liquid from.; "tap a maple tree for its syrup"; "tap a keg of beer" |
| pin | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. pin | a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment. |
| ~ breastpin, broach, brooch | a decorative pin worn by women. |
| ~ jewellery, jewelry | an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems). |
| ~ scatter pin | small pin usually worn in groups of two or more. |
| ~ stickpin | a decorative pin that is worn in a necktie. |
| ~ scarfpin, tie tack, tiepin | a pin used to hold the tie in place. |
| n. (event) | 2. fall, pin | when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat. |
| ~ wrestling match | a match between wrestlers. |
| ~ takedown | (amateur wrestling) being brought to the mat from a standing position.; "a takedown counts two points" |
| ~ triumph, victory | a successful ending of a struggle or contest.; "a narrow victory"; "the general always gets credit for his army's victory"; "clinched a victory"; "convincing victory"; "the agreement was a triumph for common sense" |
| n. (communication) | 3. peg, pin | small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.. |
| ~ marking, mark, marker | a distinguishing symbol.; "the owner's mark was on all the sheep" |
| n. (communication) | 4. personal identification number, pin, pin number | a number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts. |
| ~ identification number, number | a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification.; "she refused to give them her Social Security number" |
| n. (body) | 5. peg, pin, stick | informal terms for the leg.; "fever left him weak on his sticks" |
| ~ leg | a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. pin, pivot | axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns. |
| ~ axis of rotation, axis | the center around which something rotates. |
| ~ fulcrum | the pivot about which a lever turns. |
| ~ pintle | a pin or bolt forming the pivot of a hinge. |
| n. (artifact) | 7. pin, pin tumbler | cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown. |
| ~ cylinder lock | a lock in which a cylinder rotates to move a bolt; tumblers are pins; inserting the key lifts and aligns the pins to free the cylinder to rotate. |
| ~ tumbler | a movable obstruction in a lock that must be adjusted to a given position (as by a key) before the bolt can be thrown. |
| n. (artifact) | 8. flag, pin | flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green. |
| ~ golf equipment | sports equipment used in playing golf. |
| n. (artifact) | 9. pin | a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things. |
| ~ barrette | a pin for holding women's hair in place. |
| ~ bitt pin | a pin through the bitthead to keep the mooring lines from slipping off. |
| ~ fastening, holdfast, fastener, fixing | restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place. |
| ~ hairpin | a double pronged pin used to hold women's hair in place. |
| ~ hatpin | a long sturdy pin used by women to secure a hat to their hair. |
| ~ head | a projection out from one end.; "the head of the nail"; "a pinhead is the head of a pin" |
| ~ linchpin, lynchpin | pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on. |
| ~ nog, peg | a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface. |
| ~ pinhead | the head of a pin. |
| ~ point | sharp end.; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil" |
| ~ rivet | heavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces that are fastened together. |
| ~ safety pin | a pin in the form of a clasp; has a guard so the point of the pin will not stick the user. |
| ~ shank, stem | cylinder forming a long narrow part of something. |
| ~ skewer | a long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roasted. |
| ~ straight pin | pin consisting of a short straight stiff piece of wire with a pointed end; used to fasten pieces of cloth or paper together. |
| ~ gudgeon pin, wrist pin | pin joining a piston to a connecting rod. |
| n. (artifact) | 10. oarlock, peg, pin, rowlock, thole, tholepin | a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing. |
| ~ dinghy, dory, rowboat | a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled. |
| ~ holder | a holding device.; "a towel holder"; "a cigarette holder"; "an umbrella holder" |
| n. (artifact) | 11. bowling pin, pin | a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target. |
| ~ bowling equipment | equipment used in bowling. |
| ~ candlepin | a bowling pin that is thin by comparison with a tenpin. |
| ~ duckpin | a bowling pin that is short and squat by comparison with a tenpin. |
| ~ headpin, kingpin | the front bowling pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins. |
| ~ ninepin, skittle, skittle pin | a bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in England) skittles. |
| ~ tenpin | one of the bottle-shaped pins used in bowling. |
| v. (contact) | 12. immobilise, immobilize, pin, trap | to hold fast or prevent from moving.; "The child was pinned under the fallen tree" |
| v. (contact) | 13. pin | attach or fasten with pins or as if with pins.; "pin the needle to the shirt"; "pin the blame on the innocent man" |
| ~ fasten, fix, secure | cause to be firmly attached.; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" |
| v. (contact) | 14. pin | pierce with a pin.; "pin down the butterfly" |
| ~ empale, impale, spike, transfix | pierce with a sharp stake or point.; "impale a shrimp on a skewer" |
| ~ skewer, spit | drive a skewer through.; "skewer the meat for the BBQ" |
| v. (competition) | 15. pin | immobilize a piece. |
| ~ chess game, chess | a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king. |
| ~ aggress, attack | take the initiative and go on the offensive.; "The Serbs attacked the village at night"; "The visiting team started to attack" |
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