Meaning of INSERT
| Pronunciation: | | [n]'insurt, [v]in 'surt, in'surt
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- [n] (film) a still inserted and interrupting the action; (broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network broadcast
- [n] an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted
- [n] a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication
- [v] introduce; "Insert your ticket here"
- [v] insert casually; "She slipped in a reference to her own work"
- [v] fit snugly into
- [v] put or introduce into something; "insert a picture into the text"
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| | Synonyms: | | cut-in, enclose, enter, inclose, infix, inset, introduce, introduce, put in, slip in, sneak in, stick in, stick in, tuck |
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| | See Also: | | accessory, add, append, appurtenance, artefact, artifact, attach, cannulate, cannulise, cannulize, canulate, catheterise, catheterize, connect, cup, dickey, dickie, dicky, embed, enclose, engraft, feed, feed in, foist, glass, graft, imbed, implant, inclose, inject, inoculate, input, inset, instil, instill, interlard, intersperse, intubate, penetrate, plant, plug in, sandwich, section, shirtfront, shoot, shut in, slip, spatchcock, subdivision, supplement, supply, transplant | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In*sert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inserted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Inserting}.] [L. insertus, p. p. of inserere to insert;
pref. in- in + serere to join, connect. See {Series}.]
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 insert a letter, word, or
passage in a composition; to insert an advertisement in a
newspaper.
These words were very weakly inserted where they will
be so liable to misconstruction. --Bp.
Stillingfleet.
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| | Definition: | | A fragment of DNA which has been inserted into a cloning vector. The insert is the piece of DNA which molecular biologists are interested in studying and/or duplicating in vast quantities. |
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| | Related Terms: | | ad, addendum, addition, admit, advert, advertisement, aside, barge in, be admitted, book, break in, breeze in, broadside, brochure, burst in, bust in, calendar, carve, catalog, chalk, chalk up, check in, chronicle, circular, come barging in, come breezing in, come busting in, come in, creep in, cross the threshold, crowd in, cut, docket, drag in, drop in, ease in, edge in, engrave, enroll, enscroll, enter, episode, file, fill in, fill out, flier, flyer, foist in, fudge in, gain admittance, get in, go in, go into, grave, handbill, have an entree, have an in, hop in, impanel, implant, implant in, incise, inculcate, index, infix, infuse, inject, inject in, injection, inlay, inoculate, inscribe, insert in, insertion, inset, insinuate, insinuate in, insinuation, instill, intercalate, intercalation, interjaculate, interject, interjection, interlineation, interlocution, interlope, interpolate, interpolation, interpose, intervene, introduce, introduce in, introduction, intromit, intrude, irrupt, jam in, jot down, jump in, list, log, look in, lug in, make a memorandum, make a note, make an entry, make out, mark down, matriculate, minute, note, note down, obiter dictum, obtrude, pack in, parenthesis, perfuse, place upon record, poll, pop in, post, post up, press in, push in, put between, put down, put in, put in writing, put on paper, put on tape, record, reduce to writing, register, remark, run in, sandwich, set down, set foot in, set in, side remark, slip in, smuggle in, squeeze in, step in, stick in, supplement, tabulate, take down, take in, tape, tape-record, tessera, throw in, thrust in, tossing-in, tuck in, videotape, visit, wedge in, whip in, work in, worm in, write, write down, write in, write out, write up |
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