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INSERT

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film

Synonyms:

cut-in; insert

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("insert" is a kind of...):

break; disruption; gap; interruption (an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity)

Domain category:

celluloid; cinema; film (a medium that disseminates moving pictures)

Derivation:

insert (put or introduce into something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program

Synonyms:

cut-in; insert

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("insert" is a kind of...):

break; disruption; gap; interruption (an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity)

Domain category:

broadcasting (taking part in a radio or tv program)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted

Synonyms:

insert; inset

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("insert" is a kind of...):

artefact; artifact (a man-made object taken as a whole)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "insert"):

dickey; dickie; dicky; shirtfront (a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt)

Derivation:

insert (place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing)

insert (put or introduce into something)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A folded section placed between the leaves of another publication

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("insert" is a kind of...):

section; subdivision (a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical))

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing

Example:

Insert your ticket here

Synonyms:

enclose; inclose; insert; introduce; put in; stick in

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "insert" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "insert"):

inject; shoot (force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing)

foist (insert surreptitiously or without warrant)

slip (insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly)

feed; feed in (introduce continuously)

interlard; intersperse (introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions)

cup (put into a cup)

catheterise; catheterize (insert a catheter into (a body part))

glass (put in a glass container)

inset (set or place in)

inoculate (introduce a microorganism into)

plug (replace the center of a coin with a baser metal)

plug (insert a plug into)

plug (insert as a plug)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

insert (an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted)

insertion (the act of putting one thing into another)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Insert casually

Example:

She slipped in a reference to her own work

Synonyms:

insert; slip in; sneak in; stick in

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "insert" is one way to...):

add; append; supply (state or say further)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "insert"):

spatchcock (interpolate or insert (words) into a sentence or story)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sense 3

Meaning:

Fit snugly into

Example:

tuck your shirttail in

Synonyms:

insert; tuck

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "insert" is one way to...):

close in; enclose; inclose; shut in (surround completely)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

insertion (the act of putting one thing into another)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Put or introduce into something

Example:

insert a picture into the text

Synonyms:

enter; infix; insert; introduce

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "insert" is one way to...):

attach (cause to be attached)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "insert"):

connect; plug in; plug into (plug into an outlet)

penetrate (insert the penis into the vagina or anus of)

cannulate; cannulise; cannulize; canulate; intubate (introduce a cannula or tube into)

input (enter (data or a program) into a computer)

instil; instill (enter drop by drop)

embed; engraft; imbed; implant; plant (fix or set securely or deeply)

sandwich (insert or squeeze tightly between two people or objects)

graft; transplant (place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

insert ((film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film)

insert (an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted)

insertion (the act of putting one thing into another)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Researchers revealed how nucleotides damaged by oxidative stress become inserted into DNA strands and block DNA Repair mechanisms.

(Structural Snapshots of Damaged DNA, NIH)

The spacecraft traveled more than six and a half years before it was inserted into orbit around Mercury on March 18, 2011.

(NASA Spacecraft Achieves Unprecedented Success Studying Mercury, NASA)

Finally, they inserted a plasmid—a circular piece of DNA—that contained one d5SICS-dNaM pair into the cells.

(Expanding the Genetic Alphabet, NIH)

A laparoscope (thin, tube-like instrument with a light and a lens for viewing) is inserted through one opening to guide the surgery.

(Minimally invasive surgery, NCI Dictionary)

A thin, flexible tube that is inserted into a vein in the upper arm and guided (threaded) into a large vein near the heart called the vena cava.

(Peripherally inserted central catheter, NCI Dictionary)

A thin, flexible tube that is inserted into a large vein, usually in the back of the hand, the lower part of the arm, or the foot.

(Peripheral venous catheter, NCI Dictionary)

Also called peripherally inserted central catheter.

(PICC, NCI Dictionary)

Body piercing involves making a hole in the skin so that you can insert jewelry.

(Piercing and Tattoos, NIH)

A long PDGFA isoform contains a basic insert that acts as a cell retention signal.

(Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Alpha, NCI Thesaurus)

EXAMPLE(S): The subject's left arm was bruised where the IV was inserted.

(Performed Procedure Target Anatomic Site Condition Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)