Definitions of embed [ɛmˈbɛd]

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Definition of 'embed'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) embed
to fix into a surrounding mass:
to embed stones in cement.

2.  embed
to envelop or enclose.

3.  embed
to contain or implant as an essential or characteristic part.

4.  embed
to insert (a grammatical construction, as a phrase or clause) into a larger construction, as a clause or sentence.

5. (v.i.) embed
to be fixed or incorporated into a surrounding mass.

Etymology: (1770–80)

Definition of 'embed'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) 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"

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

Definition of 'embed'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) embed
to lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand

Translation of 'embed'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to fix deeply (in something) The bullet was embedded in the wall.
Afrikaans: insluit, vassit	Arabic: يَثْبُت، يَغْرُز، يَسْتَق	Bulgarian: забивам
Brazilian: encravar	Czech: zarýt se	German: eingraben
Danish: begrave sig dybt; bore si	Greek: χώνω, σφηνώνω	Spanish: clavar, hincar, incrustar
Estonian: sisse kinnitama	Farsi: جا باز کردن؛ ریشه دواندن	Finnish: upota
French: enfoncer	Hebrew: לִנעוֹץ	Hindi: अंत स्थापित करना
Croatian: položiti, zakopati	Hungarian: beágyaz (vmibe)	Indonesian: menanamkan
Icelandic: fella/greypa inní, festa	Italian: conficcare	Japanese: はめ込む
Korean: 새겨 넣다	Lithuanian: įtvirtinti, įstrigti, įst	Latvian: iestiprināt; iestrādāt; i
Malay: tertanam	Dutch: (zich) vastzetten	Norwegian: sette/legge (noe) fast i;
Polish: osadzic	Persian: جا باز کردن؛ ریشه دواندن	Pashto: ور اچول، ننه ايستل ، وېده
Portuguese: encravar	Romanian: a băga	Russian: застревать
Slovak: zaryť sa	Slovenian: zabiti	Serbian: usaditi
Swedish: bädda in	Thai: ฝัง	Turkish: yerleştirmek, gömmek
Taiwanese: 嵌入	Ukrainian: вмуровувати; врізувати	Urdu: دھنسا دینا
Vietnamese: gắn vào	Chinese: 把...嵌入
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