insert
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
insert
▶verb /ɪnˈsəːt/
- 1 place, fit, or incorporate (something) in something else.
■ include (text) in a piece of writing.
■ Biology incorporate (a piece of genetic material) into a chromosome.
- 2 (be inserted) Anatomy & Zoology (of a muscle or other organ) be attached to a part, especially that which is moved.
- 1 a loose page or section in a magazine, typically one carrying an advertisement.
- 2 an ornamental section of cloth inserted into a garment.
- 3 a shot inserted in a film or video.
– derivatives
insertable adjective,
inserter noun.
insertable adjective,
inserter noun.
– origin C15: from L. insert-, inserere ‘put in’, from in- ‘into’ + serere ‘to join’.
'insert' also found in these Oxford entries:
embolism
- epenthesis
- graft
- implant
- infix
- inlay
- inset
- intercalate
- interleave
- interline
- interpolate
- interpose
- introduce
- intubate
- kakuro
- lard
- liner note
- load
- notch
- paste
- penetrate
- point
- punctuate
- retrovirus
- sandwich
- set
- sherbet
- sink
- space
- splice
- stick
- strike
- sudoku
- tail
- tucker
- whack

