[in-sur-tid] 
| 1. | Botany. (esp. of the parts of a flower) attached to or growing out of some part. |
| 2. | Anatomy. having an insertion, as a muscle, tendon, or ligament; attached, as the end of a muscle that moves a bone. |
[v. in-surt; n. in-surt] | 1. | to put or place in: to insert a key in a lock. |
| 2. | to introduce or cause to be introduced into the body of something: to insert an extra paragraph in an article. |
| 3. | something inserted or to be inserted. |
| 4. | an extra leaf or section, printed independently, for binding or tipping into a book or periodical, esp. a leaf or section consisting of an illustration or advertisement printed on different paper. |
| 5. | any small picture, device, etc., surrounded partly or completely by body type. |
| 6. | a paper, circular, etc., placed within the folds of a newspaper or the leaves of a book, periodical, etc. |
| 7. | Movies, Television. a cut-in. |
| in·sert (ĭn-sûrt') tr.v. in·sert·ed, in·sert·ing, in·serts
Something inserted or intended for insertion, as a picture or chart into written material. [Latin īnserere, īnsert- : in-, in; see in-2 + serere, to join; see ser-2 in Indo-European roots.] in·sert'er n. |
