1. Place onto or put into something
   "insert a picture into the text";
   - infix, enter, introduce
    
2. Place, set, or put something inside or within something else
   "Insert your ticket here"; "He inserted the key in the lock";
   - enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce
    
3. Fit snugly into
   "insert your ticket into the slot";
   - tuck
    
4. Put in casually or without drawing attention
   "She inserted a reference to her own work";
   - slip in, stick in, sneak in

1. An artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted
   "The magazine came with a special insert about holiday destinations";
   - inset
    
2. A folded section placed between the leaves of another publication
   "The magazine included a glossy insert featuring holiday gift ideas"
    
3. (broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program
   "The station added a weather insert during the show";
   - cut-in
    
4. (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film
   "The director used an insert of a clock to show the passage of time";
   - cut-in

Derived forms: inserted, inserting, inserts

Type of: add, append, artefact [Brit], artifact [N. Amer], attach, break, close in, disruption, enclose, gap, inclose, interruption, lay, place, pose, position, put, section, set, shut in, subdivision, supply

Encyclopedia: Insert