to inset

Examples

• All

• Jewels have been inset into the dashboard, and the seats are upholstered with gold trim.

  Blog text (32)

• Then I'm going to inset some diamonds in there because there's diamonds in each one of these.

• You can tell the difference already, but just with the way the the light, the indicator light is inset on the device.

• So that's going to be my first main panel and I want this panel to be inset from the outside edges.

• A clock showing tenths and hundredths of a second is inset into the screen.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Each strip is inset into an 8.5" x 11" page with a white margin for your framing and/or matting pleasure.

  Blog text (29)

• It was three stories high, concave in shape, inset in a scooped-out hillside, the yard terraced with tons of flagstone.

  Fiction book (2000)

• New plastic technologies also let skylights incorporate different elements, and Zucker would like to inset into the skylights some leaves and branches to evoke more of a natural feel.

  Academic text (2007)

• Narrow winding streets, stucco walls inset with doors of many colors, and the signs above the shops with fringed curtains create a neon tangle of Arabic and Roman script.

  Fiction book (1992)

• A clock showing tenths and hundredths of a second is inset into the screen.

Synonyms

P

to put in

vsto inset

∞ 1.7

Place something inside another thing or space

puts items into spaces that specifically fit flush or are embedded

I

to imbed

vsto inset

• UK

12 6.0

To put something firmly into a material so it stays there

puts items into spaces so they sit flush rather than deeply fixed

R

to recess

vsto inset

1 7.4

To make a hollow in a surface so something fits inside

places objects into spaces generally rather than only by making a hollow

I

to incuse

vsto inset

• Specialized

1 9.9

To press a design into metal so it sits below the surface

places objects into spaces to sit flush rather than cut below surface

Antonyms

R

to remove

∞ 1.5

To move something or someone away from a place

How Deep

to embed

105 4.8

to inset

2 7.4

to insert

249 3.5

set

32 3.4

to place

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology