Synonyms

inserted

[in-sur-tid]

in·sert·ed

[in-sur-tid]
adjective
1.
Botany. (especially 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.

Origin:
1590–1600; insert + -ed2

un·in·sert·ed, adjective

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in·sert

[v. in-surt; n. in-surt]
verb (used with object)
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.
noun
3.
something inserted or to be inserted.
4.
an extra leaf or section, printed independently, for binding or tipping into a book or periodical, especially 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.

Origin:
1520–30; < Latin insertus past participle of inserere to put in, insert, equivalent to in- in-2 + ser- (stem of serere to link together) + -tus past participle suffix

in·sert·a·ble, adjective
in·sert·er, noun
in·ter·in·sert, verb (used with object)
pre·in·sert, verb (used with object)
re·in·sert, verb (used with object)
EXPAND
sub·in·sert, verb (used with object)
COLLAPSE
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inserted (ɪnˈsɜːtɪd)
 
adj
1.  anatomy (of a muscle) attached to the bone that it moves
2.  botany (of parts of a plant) growing from another part, as stamens from the corolla

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