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insert verb

• place, fit, or push (something) into something else.
• "Claudia inserted her key in the lock"
Similar: put, place, press, push, thrust, slide, slip, load, fit, position, slot, lodge, install, drive, wedge, work, tuck, pop, stick, shove, bung, jam,
Opposite: take out, extract,
• (of a muscle or other organ) be attached to a part, especially that which is moved.
• "the muscle that raises the wing is inserted on the dorsal surface of the humerus"

insert noun

• a loose page or section in a magazine or other publication, typically one carrying an advertisement.
Similar: enclosure, insertion, inset, inlay, addition, supplement, circular, advertisement, notice, slip, pamphlet, leaflet, ad,
• an ornamental section of cloth or needlework inserted into a garment.
• a shot inserted in a film or video.
Origin: late 15th century (in the sense ‘include (text) in a piece of writing’): from Latin insert- ‘put in’, from the verb inserere, from in- ‘into’ + serere ‘to join’.


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