to inset
- verb
- /ˈɪnˌsɛt/
- Her crown looked quite delicate, a kind of lace cap made of hammered gold inset with bright-colored gems.
Examples
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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.
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You can tell the difference already, but just with the way the the light, the indicator light is inset on the device.
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So that's going to be my first main panel and I want this panel to be inset from the outside edges.
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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
Place something inside another thing or space
To make a hollow in a surface so something fits inside
To put something firmly into a material so it stays there
To press a design into metal so it sits below the surface
Antonyms
How Deep
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Inset comes from the idea of in- ('in') plus set ('to put'), the same idea behind insert. So to inset something is to put it into another thing so it sits inside or is fixed neatly into place.