(transitive) To put in between or into.

An image inserted into text. / A promotional or instructive leaflet inserted into a magazine, newspaper, tape or disk package, etc. / A mechanical component inserted into another.

Something that can be inserted.

Able to be inserted; able to be put into something else.

A key that when pressed switches between the overtype mode and the insert mode of a computer.

plural of insertable

plural of insertant

(biochemistry) A receptor that is inserted into an enzyme / (genetics) A mutation that is inserted into a gene

plural of insertion

simple past tense and past participle of insert