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verb (used with object)
1.
to fix into a surrounding mass: to embed stones in cement.
2.
to surround tightly or firmly; envelop or enclose: Thick cotton padding embedded the precious vase in its box.
3.
to incorporate or contain as an essential part or characteristic: A love of color is embedded in all of her paintings.
4.
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.
5.
Mathematics. to map a set into another set.
6.
Grammar. to insert (a construction, as a phrase or clause) into a larger construction, as a clause or sentence.
7.
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.
8.
Digital 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)
9.
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.
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| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
noun
10.
a journalist who is embedded with a military unit or a political campaign.
11.
a period of time during which a journalist is embedded.
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embed or imbed (ɪmˈbɛd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb , -beds, -bedding, -bedded | |
| 1. | ( |
| 2. | (tr) to surround closely: hard rock embeds the roots |
| 3. | (tr) to fix or retain (a thought, idea, etc) in the mind |
| 4. | ( |
| 5. | (tr) grammar to insert (a subordinate clause) into a sentence |
| —n | |
| 6. | a journalist accompanying an active military unit |
| imbed or imbed (ɪmˈbɛd, ˈɪmbɛd) | |
| —vb | |
| —n | |
| em'bedment or imbed | |
| —n | |
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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.
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Example sentences
He leisurely examined the embedded wheel, and cast an eye along the road ahead.
What seems clear is that the ability to experience and react to music is deeply embedded in the biology of the nervous system.
Well, not entirely embedded, unless you mean king-bedded.
Most gruesomely, fully formed body parts of the dead twin may be found embedded in the body of its surviving sibling.
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