inserted
Botany. (especially of the parts of a flower) attached to or growing out of some part.
Anatomy. having an insertion, as a muscle, tendon, or ligament; attached, as the end of a muscle that moves a bone.
Origin of inserted
1Other words from inserted
- un·in·sert·ed, adjective
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The following page details a tribute gag the Simpsons team inserted into the background of a scene.
Here’s the Lost Judd Apatow ‘Simpsons’ Episode, Penned by Judd Apatow | Asawin Suebsaeng | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIn another case, a whole plate of uneaten food (including nuts, hummus and raisins) was pureed and inserted rectally.
‘Rectal Feeding’ Has Nothing to Do with Nutrition, Everything to Do with Torture | Russell Saunders | December 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs one put it at the beginning of this year, the Assad regime inserted itself into the body of the revolution.
Digital Doublethink: Playing Truth or Dare with Putin, Assad and ISIS | Christopher Dickey, Anna Nemtsova | November 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe material (i.e. the slurs) generally gets inserted into other, larger pieces about policy debates.
Before Ditching His Top Aides, Obama Should Look in the Mirror | Leslie H. Gelb | November 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Infinity Stones are six magical stones that, when inserted into the Infinity Gauntlet, grant the wearer infinite power.
Inside Marvel’s Phase 3: How ‘The Avengers’ Cross Paths with Black Panther and the New Superheroes | Marlow Stern | October 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Dan inserted the primer, pulled the lanyard and sent the contents of the gun into the ranks of the enemy.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnThe second pair show that the transverse processes, from the first to the third, are those into which the muscle is inserted.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)He stood up, crowbar in hand, and inserted the chisel blade of the implement between the edge of the door and the doorcase.
Dope | Sax RohmerIt consists of having a brass tube T inserted in the block moulds before the block is cast.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerFirst, the introduction of pistons, inserted between the key-slips, which replaced the clumsy composition pedals then in vogue.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing Miller
British Dictionary definitions for inserted
/ (ɪnˈsɜːtɪd) /
anatomy (of a muscle) attached to the bone that it moves
botany (of parts of a plant) growing from another part, as stamens from the corolla
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