inserted

[ in-sur-tid ]

/ ɪnˈsɜr tɪd /

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adjective

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.

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Origin of inserted

First recorded in 1590–1600; insert + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM inserted

un·in·sert·ed, adjective

Words nearby inserted

insensitive, insentient, insep., inseparable, insert, inserted, insertion, insertion element, in-service, insessorial, inset

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How to use inserted in a sentence

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|DAILY BEAST
In 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|DAILY BEAST
As 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|DAILY BEAST
The 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|DAILY BEAST

The 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|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. Dunn
The 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 Rohmer
It 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 Miller
First, 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

inserted

/ (ɪnˈsɜːtɪd) /

adjective

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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