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embed
[ verb em-bed; noun em-bed ]
verb (used with object)
- to fix into a surrounding mass:
to embed stones in cement.
- to surround tightly or firmly; envelop or enclose:
Thick cotton padding embedded the precious vase in its box.
- to incorporate or contain as an essential part or characteristic:
A love of color is embedded in all of her paintings.
- 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.
- Mathematics. to map (a set) into another set.
- Grammar. to insert (a construction, as a phrase or clause) into a larger construction, as a clause or sentence.
- to assign (a journalist) to travel with a military unit or a political campaign: We've embedded a reporter with each of the presidential candidates.
The photojournalists were embedded in Afghanistan with U.S. troops.
We've embedded a reporter with each of the presidential candidates.
- to invite (an expert, creative professional, etc.) to work closely with a group or participate in a special event:
We have embedded writers within our acting companies, and now have playwrights writing pieces for the actors they are working with.
- Digital Technology. to place (text, images, sound, or computer code) in a computer file, HTML document, software program, or electronic device:
Here's how to embed videos on your website.
verb (used without object)
- to be or become fixed or incorporated, as into a surrounding mass:
Glass embeds in the soft tar of the road.
noun
- a person who has been embedded, as with a military unit.
- a period of time during which a person is embedded.
embed
/ ɪmˈbɛd /
verb
- usually foll by in to fix or become fixed firmly and deeply in a surrounding solid mass
to embed a nail in wood
- tr to surround closely
hard rock embeds the roots
- tr to fix or retain (a thought, idea, etc) in the mind
- often foll by with to assign a journalist or be assigned as one to accompany an active military unit
- tr grammar to insert (a subordinate clause) into a sentence
noun
- a journalist accompanying an active military unit
Derived Forms
- emˈbedment, noun
Other Words From
- em·bed·ment noun
Example Sentences
Certain industries are in a unique position to embed these principles into their core business activities.
The challenge is to embed the “cultural expectation” of a service year.
Since 1998, the G7 had been widened to include Russia—part of a broader effort to embed Russia in a stable international order.
I really wish I could embed this here, but alas, not all things work out.
I can't embed it here, but clicking on the image will take you there.
Often a whining bullet grazes us; but most of them fly above us right across the hollow, to embed themselves in the further side.
Something whizzed past her, to embed itself in a tree trunk six inches from her head.
More or less of the emery will embed itself in the lead, and thus act as an abrasive.
It is not rule-of-thumb to find the tension in plain concrete and then embed steel in that concrete to take that tension.
As I rose, a Cayuga youth seized me and threw me heavily against the post I had seen the woman embed in the mud.
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