insert Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication
  2. noun an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted
    inset.
  3. noun (broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program
    cut-in.
  4. noun (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film
    cut-in.
  5. verb put or introduce into something
    infix; introduce; enter.
    • insert a picture into the text
  6. verb introduce
    put in; stick in; introduce; inclose; enclose.
    • Insert your ticket here
  7. verb fit snugly into
    tuck.
    • insert your ticket into the slot
    • tuck your shirttail in
  8. verb insert casually
    stick in; sneak in; slip in.
    • She slipped in a reference to her own work

WordNet

In*sert" transitive verb
Etymology
L. insertus, p. p. of inserere to insert; pref. in- in + serere to join, connect. See Series.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Inserted; present participle & verbal noun Inserting
Definitions
  1. To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to insert a letter, word, or passage in a composition; to insert an advertisement in a newspaper.
    These words were very weakly inserted where they will be so liable to misconstruction. Bp. Stillingfleet.

Webster 1913