Overview of verb embed

The verb embed has 2 senses

• implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant -- (fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum")


• embed -- (attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war; "The young reporter was embedded with the Third Division")

Overview of adj embedded

The adj embedded has 2 senses

• embedded -- (enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass; "found pebbles embedded in the silt"; "stone containing many embedded fossils"; "peach and plum seeds embedded in a sweet edible pulp")


• embedded -- (inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole; "confused by the embedded Latin quotations"; "an embedded subordinate clause")