Dictionary entry details
• INSERT (noun)
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))
Meaning:
An artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
insert; inset
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)
Meaning:
(broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
cut-in; insert
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)
Meaning:
(film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
cut-in; insert
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)
• INSERT (verb)
Meaning:
Put or introduce into something
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
infix; insert; introduce; enter
Context example:
insert a picture into the text
Hypernyms (to "insert" is one way to...):
attach (cause to be attached)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "insert"):
sandwich (insert or squeeze tightly between two people or objects)
embed; engraft; imbed; implant; plant (fix or set securely or deeply)
instil; instill (enter drop by drop)
input (enter (data or a program) into a computer)
cannulate; cannulise; cannulize; canulate; intubate (introduce a cannula or tube into)
penetrate (insert the penis into the vagina or anus of)
connect; plug in (plug into an outlet)
graft; transplant (place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Introduce
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
put in; inclose; insert; stick in; introduce; enclose
Context example:
Insert your ticket here
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)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Fit snugly into
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
tuck; insert
Context examples:
insert your ticket into the slot / tuck your shirttail in
Hypernyms (to "insert" is one way to...):
close in; enclose; inclose; shut in (surround completely)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Insert casually
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
stick in; slip in; sneak in; insert
Context example:
She slipped in a reference to her own work
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
