| INSANE | • insane adj. Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad. • insane adj. Used by or relating to insane people. • insane adj. Causing insanity or madness. |
| INSEAM | • inseam n. The seam of a trouser up the inside of the leg. • inseam v. (Transitive) To fit (trousers) with an inseam. • inseam v. (Transitive) To impress or mark with a seam or cicatrix. |
| INSECT | • insect n. An arthropod (in the Insecta class) characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton. • insect n. (Colloquial) Any small arthropod similar to an insect, including spiders, centipedes, millipedes, etc. • insect n. (Derogatory) A contemptible or powerless person. |
| INSEEM | • INSEEM v. (Shakespeare) to grease, defile, also ENSEAM, INSEAM. |
| INSERT | • insert v. (Transitive) To put in between or into. • insert n. An image inserted into text. • insert n. A promotional or instructive leaflet inserted into a magazine, newspaper, tape or disk package, etc. |
| INSETS | • insets n. Plural of inset. • insets v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inset. • INSET v. to set in, in fix. |
| INSHIP | • inship v. (Transitive, dated) To put aboard a ship. • inship v. (Transitive) Alternative form of enship (“to travel or send by ship”). • inship v. (Transitive) To ship in from abroad; to import. |
| INSIDE | • inside n. The interior or inner part. • inside n. The left-hand side of a road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right. • inside n. The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the shorter arc length; the side of a racetrack nearer… |
| INSIST | • insist v. (With on or upon or (that + ordinary verb form)) To hold up a claim emphatically. • insist v. (Sometimes with on or upon or (that + subjunctive)) To demand continually that something happen or be… • insist v. (Obsolete, chiefly geometry) To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon). |
| INSOLE | • insole n. The inside sole of a shoe or other footwear. • insole v. (Transitive) To fit (footwear) with an insole. • INSOLE n. the inner sole of a shoe or boot. |
| INSOUL | • insoul v. (Obsolete) To set a soul in; reflexively, to fix one’s strongest affections on. • INSOUL v. to infuse with a soul, also ENSOUL. |
| INSPAN | • inspan v. (Transitive) To yoke (oxen). • inspan v. To bring or force into service. • INSPAN v. (South African) to harness or yoke animals to a vehicle. |
| INSPOS | • INSPO n. someone or something that is a source of inspiration. |
| INSTAL | • instal v. (Transitive, dated) Alternative spelling of install. • instal v. (Britain, rare) To pay by instalments. • INSTAL v. to place in position for use, also INSTALL. |
| INSTAR | • instar n. Any one of the several stages of postembryonic development which an arthropod undergoes, between molts… • instar n. An arthropod at a specified one of these stages of development. • instar n. (By extension) A stage in development. |
| INSTEP | • instep n. (Anatomy) The arched part of the top of the foot between the toes and the ankle. • instep n. A section of any footwear covering that part of the foot. • instep n. In horses, the hind leg from the ham to the pastern joint. |
| INSTIL | • instil v. Australia, Ireland, and UK standard spelling of instill. • INSTIL v. to infuse slowly, also INSTILL. |
| INSULA | • insula n. (Historical) A block of buildings in a Roman town. • insula n. (Neuroanatomy) A structure of the human brain located within the lateral sulcus. • INSULA n. (Latin) a Roman block of buildings. |
| INSULT | • insult v. (Transitive) To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone). • insult v. (Transitive, also figuratively, obsolete) To assail, assault, or attack; (specifically, military) to… • insult v. (Intransitive, obsolete) To behave in an obnoxious and superior manner (against or over someone). |
| INSURE | • insure v. (Transitive) To provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs. Often agreed by policy (contract)… • insure v. (Intransitive) To deal in such contracts; subscribe to a policy of insurance. • insure v. (Chiefly US, transitive, dated) Alternative spelling of ensure; to make sure or certain of; guarantee. |