English > infix: 3 senses > verb 1, contact| Meaning | put or introduce into something. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
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| Synonyms | insert, enter, introduce |
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| Entailed by | plug, stop up, secure | Fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug |
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| Narrower | cannulate, cannulize, cannulise, intubate, canulate | introduce a cannula or tube into |
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| implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant | Fix or set securely or deeply |
| input | Enter (data or a program) into a computer |
| instill, instil | Enter drop by drop |
| penetrate | insert / insert the penis into the vagina or anus of |
| plug in, plug into, connect | Plug into an outlet |
| sandwich | insert or squeeze tightly between two people or objects |
| transplant, graft | place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient |
| Broader | attach | Cause to be attached |
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| Spanish | insertar, introducir |
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| Catalan | inserir |
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