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verb (used with object)
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to fix into a surrounding mass: to embed stones in cement.
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to surround tightly or firmly; envelop or enclose: Thick cotton padding embedded the precious vase in its box.
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to incorporate or contain as an essential part or characteristic: A love of color is embedded in all of her paintings.
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Histology. to infiltrate (a biological tissue) with molten paraffin or other plastic material that later solidifies, enabling the preparation to be sliced very thin for viewing under a microscope.
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EXPANDMathematics. to map a set into another set.
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Grammar. to insert (a construction, as a phrase or clause) into a larger construction, as a clause or sentence.
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to assign (a journalist) to travel with a military unit or a political campaign: The photojournalists were embedded in Afghanistan with U.S. troops. We've embedded a reporter with each of the presidential candidates.
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COLLAPSEDigital Technology. to place (text, images, sound, or computer code) in a computer file, HTML document, software program, or electronic device: how to embed videos on your Web site; embedded software in cars and airplanes.
verb (used without object)
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to be or become fixed or incorporated, as into a surrounding mass: Glass embeds in the soft tar of the road.
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Embedded
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
noun
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a journalist who is embedded with a military unit or a political campaign.
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a period of time during which a journalist is embedded.
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Example Sentences
- We stop at a spot where nine timbers are embedded in the ground.
- Paul would tell me later that he felt different from before, newly embedded in himself, as if trapped in statuary.
- This year around 10 billion microprocessors will be sold, embedded in anything from computers to coffee-makers.
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Word Origin & History
embed
1778, from en- + bed. Originally a geological term, in ref. to fossils in rock; fig. sense is from 1835; meaning "place a journalist within a military unit at war" is 2003.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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