noun
- something inserted; insert.
- a small picture, map, etc., inserted within the border of a larger one.
- influx.
- the act of setting in.
- a piece of cloth or other material set into a garment, usually as an ornamental panel.
verb (used with object), in·set, in·set·ting.
- to set in or insert, as an inset: to inset a panel in a dress.
- to insert an inset in: to inset a mounting with jewels.
verb (ɪnˈsɛt) -sets, -setting or -set
- (tr) to set or place in or within; insert
noun (ˈɪnˌsɛt)
- something inserted
- printing
- a small map or diagram set within the borders of a larger one
- another name for insert (def. 4)
- a piece of fabric inserted into a garment, as to shape it or for decoration
- a flowing in, as of the tide
1550s, “influx of water, place where water flows in,” from in + set (n.2). Meaning “extra pages of a book, etc.” is from 1875; that of “small map in the border of a larger one” is from 1881.