| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| insane | adjective | Exhibiting unsoundness or disorded of mind; not sane; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted. See Insanity, 2., Used by, or appropriated to, insane persons; as, an insane hospital., Causing insanity or madness., Characterized by insanity or the utmost folly; chimerical; unpractical; as, an insane plan, attempt, etc. |
| inseam | verb t. | To impress or mark with a seam or cicatrix. |
| insect | noun | One of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda. See Insecta., Any air-breathing arthropod, as a spider or scorpion., Any small crustacean. In a wider sense, the word is often loosely applied to various small invertebrates., Fig.: Any small, trivial, or contemptible person or thing., Of or pertaining to an insect or insects., Like an insect; small; mean; ephemeral. |
| insert | verb t. | To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to insert a letter, word, or passage in a composition; to insert an advertisement in a newspaper. |
| inship | verb t. | To embark. |
| inside | adverb | Within the sides of; in the interior; contained within; as, inside a house, book, bottle, etc., Being within; included or inclosed in anything; contained; interior; internal; as, the inside passengers of a stagecoach; inside decoration., Adapted to the interior., The part within; interior or internal portion; content., The inward parts; entrails; bowels; hence, that which is within; private thoughts and feelings., An inside passenger of a coach or carriage, as distinguished from one upon the outside. |
| insist | verb i. | To stand or rest; to find support; — with in, on, or upon., To take a stand and refuse to give way; to hold to something firmly or determinedly; to be persistent, urgent, or pressing; to persist in demanding; — followed by on, upon, or that; as, he insisted on these conditions; he insisted on going at once; he insists that he must have money. |
| insole | noun | The inside sole of a boot or shoe; also, a loose, thin strip of leather, felt, etc., placed inside the shoe for warmth or ease. |
| insoul | verb t. | To set a soul in; reflexively, to fix one’s strongest affections on. |
| inspan | verb t. & i. | To yoke or harness, as oxen to a vehicle. |
| instar | verb t. | To stud as with stars. |
| instep | noun | The arched middle portion of the human foot next in front of the ankle joint., That part of the hind leg of the horse and allied animals, between the hock, or ham, and the pastern joint. |
| instop | verb t. | To stop; to close; to make fast; as, to instop the seams. |
| insult | verb t. | The act of leaping on; onset; attack., Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; an affront; an indignity., To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon., To treat with abuse, insolence, indignity, or contempt, by word or action; to abuse; as, to call a man a coward or a liar, or to sneer at him, is to insult him., To leap or jump., To behave with insolence; to exult. |
| insume | verb t. | To take in; to absorb. |
| insure | verb t. | To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one., Specifically, to secure against a loss by a contingent event, on certain stipulated conditions, or at a given rate or premium; to give or to take an insurance on or for; as, a merchant insures his ship or its cargo, or both, against the dangers of the sea; goods and buildings are insured against fire or water; persons are insured against sickness, accident, or death; and sometimes hazardous debts are insured., To underwrite; to make insurance; as, a company insures at three per cent. |