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embed — em‧bed [ɪmˈbed] verb embedded PTandPPX embedding PRESPARTX [transitive] COMPUTING to put something such as an image, sound etc into a page on a Internet website or into a program, using computer code S … Financial and business terms
Embed — Em*bed ([e^]m*b[e^]d ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embedded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embedding}.] [Pref. em + bed. Cf. {Imbed}.] To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
embed — [em bed′, imbed′] vt. embedded, embedding 1. to set (flowers, etc.) in earth 2. to set or fix firmly in a surrounding mass [to embed tiles in cement] 3. to fix in the mind, memory, etc. embedment n … English World dictionary
embed — I verb bury, deposit, engraft, entrench, fix, fix firmly, implant, impress, imprint, infix, ingrain, insert, lodge, plant, press in, root, seat, set, set firmly, settle, stamp II index fix (make firm), inseminate, plant (place firmly) … Law dictionary
embed — [engl.], einbetten … Universal-Lexikon
embed — is spelt em , not im … Modern English usage
embed — [v] sink, implant bury, deposit, dig in, drive in, enclose, fasten, fix, hammer in, impact, infix, ingrain, inlay, insert, install, lodge, pierce, plant, plunge, press, put into, ram in, root, set, stick in, stuff in, thrust in, tuck in; concepts … New thesaurus
embed — (also imbed) ► VERB (embedded, embedding) 1) fix firmly and deeply in a surrounding mass. 2) implant (an idea or feeling). DERIVATIVES embedment noun … English terms dictionary
embed — verb /ɛmˈbɛd/ a) To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand. We wanted to embed our reporter with the Fifth Infantry Division, but the Army would have none of it … Wiktionary
embed — UK [ɪmˈbed] / US verb [transitive] Word forms embed : present tense I/you/we/they embed he/she/it embeds present participle embedding past tense embedded past participle embedded 1) to fix something firmly in a surface or object embed something… … English dictionary
