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I. (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 "stick in" 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 "stick in"):
plug (insert as a plug)
plug (insert a plug into)
plug (replace the center of a coin with a baser metal)
inoculate (introduce a microorganism into)
inset (set or place in)
glass (put in a glass container)
catheterise; catheterize (insert a catheter into (a body part))
cup (put into a cup)
interlard; intersperse (introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions)
feed; feed in (introduce continuously)
slip (insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly)
foist (insert surreptitiously or without warrant)
inject; shoot (force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
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 "stick in" is one way to...):
add; append; supply (state or say further)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stick in"):
spatchcock (interpolate or insert (words) into a sentence or story)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
