Hypertext Webster Gateway: "embed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Embed \Em*bed"\, 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
embed
v : to fix or set securely or deeply: "Kneeling, Cobb planted a
sturdy knee in the small of his back," [syn: {implant}, {engraft},
{imbed}, {plant}]
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