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| countersink |
to insert (a bolt, screw, or the like) into a hole that has been enlarged at the top. [1/4 definitions] |
| dickey |
an insert worn, as under a jacket or the like, to simulate a shirt front. [1/5 definitions] |
| enter |
to introduce; insert. [1/11 definitions] |
| feed |
to insert and allow to be pulled or taken in. [1/13 definitions] |
| inset |
something placed in or within something else; insert. [2/3 definitions] |
| intercalate |
to insert (an extra day or month) in the calendar. [2 definitions] |
| interlard |
to insert in various places; intersperse with; mix in (usu. fol. by "with"). |
| interleave |
to insert or bind an interleaf or interleaves in. |
| interline1 |
to write, print, or insert between the lines of (a text, document, or the like); interlineate. |
| interpolate |
to insert (an additional or extraneous element) between things or parts. [2/4 definitions] |
| interpose |
to place or insert between parts or things. [3/6 definitions] |
| introduce |
to insert or put into. [1/6 definitions] |
| intubate |
of a doctor or other medical personnel, to insert a tube through a patient's mouth and into the upper respiratory tract in order to connect the patient to a machine, a ventilator, that assists in breathing. |
| put in |
to verbally insert (something) into a discussion. [1/7 definitions] |
| reinsert |
combined form of insert. |
| thrum2 |
to sew or insert short ends of rope yarn in (canvas on ships) so as to roughen the surface. [1/3 definitions] |
| valve |
to insert or create a valve to control the flow of or in (a fluid or gas, or a passageway for fluid). [1/5 definitions] |
| weave |
to insert or interlace (usu. fol. by "in" or "into"). [1/8 definitions] |
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