verb
- Introduce.
- usage: "Insert your ticket here"
- Keep or lay aside for future use.
- usage: "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat"
- synonyms: store, hive away, lay in, salt away, stack away, stash away
- Break into a conversation.
- usage: "her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation"
- Set up for use.
- usage: "install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink"
- Make an application as for a job or funding.
- usage: "We put in a grant to the NSF"
- synonyms: submit
- To insert between other elements.
- usage: "She interjected clever remarks"
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