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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
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Derived Forms
- emˈbedment, noun
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- em·bed·ment noun
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Example Sentences
Three photographers document the toll of an implacable and unforgiving warI had done embeds with the group in 2019 and 2020, when I photographed its commanders and fighters.
If you missed the event, you can watch the entire thing in the embed below, or catch up on our reporters’ perspectives in the live blog below.
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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