Inserting

//ɪnˈsɝtɪŋ// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Something inserted or set in, such as lace in garments.

    "Flax handkerchiefs composed in chief value of edgings and insertings of cotton lace made on the Lever or Gothrough machine are properly dutiable at the rate of 70 per cent […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of insert form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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enterenterintroduceput inslip inad

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"When inserting the budwood into the root stock, make the cambium layers overlap."

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