English > insert: 8 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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| Example | "insert a picture into the text" |
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| Synonyms | infix, 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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| Nouns | insert | (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film |
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| insert | an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted |
| insertion | the act of putting one thing into another |
English > insert: 8 senses > verb 2, change| Meaning | introduce. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
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| Example | "Insert your ticket here" |
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| Synonyms | enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce |
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| Narrower | catheterize, catheterise | insert a catheter into (a body part) |
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| cup | put into a cup |
| feed, feed in | introduce continuously |
| foist | insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| glass | put in a glass container |
| inject, shoot | Force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing |
| inoculate | introduce a microorganism into |
| inset | set or place in |
| intersperse, interlard | introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions |
| plug | Insert as a plug |
| plug | Insert a plug into |
| plug | Replace the center of a coin with a baser metal |
| slip | insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly |
| Broader | put, set, place, pose, position, lay | Put into a certain place or abstract location |
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| Spanish | incluír, insertar, introducir, meter, poner |
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| Catalan | inserir, introduir |
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| Nouns | insert | an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted |
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| insertion | the act of putting one thing into another |
