- (usually followed by in) to fix or become fixed firmly and deeply in a surrounding solid mass
- (transitive) to surround closely
- (transitive) to fix or retain (a thought, idea, etc) in the mind
- (transitive) to insert (a video, music file, etc) within a web page
- (often followed by with) to assign a journalist or be assigned as one to accompany an active military unit
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
em•bed /ɛmˈbɛd/USA pronunciation
v. [~ + object], -bed•ded, -bed•ding.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- to fix or put (something) firmly into a surrounding mass: to embed stones in cement.
- to contain or implant as an essential part:His love of children is deeply embedded in his personality.
em•bed
(em bed′),USA pronunciation v., -bed•ded, -bed•ding.
v.t.
v.i.
em•bed′ment, n.
v.t.
- 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.
- [Histol.]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.
- Mathematicsto map a set into another set.
- Linguistics, Grammar[Gram.]to insert (a construction, as a phrase or clause) into a larger construction, as a clause or sentence.
v.i.
- to be or become fixed or incorporated, as into a surrounding mass:Glass embeds in the soft tar of the road.
- em-1 + bed 1770–80
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
embed, imbed vb /ɪmˈbɛd/ ( -beds, -bedding, -bedded)
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- lodge
- matrix
- metal detector
- of
- parathyroid gland
- pebble dash
- phenocryst
- porphyry
- reinforced concrete
- reinforced plastic
- root
- sensor network
- tailing
- tailpiece
- wrest pin
- aciculum
- berry
- biotelemetry
- boulder clay
- candle
- channel
- coal ball
- corncob
- easterly wave
- embed
- endocarpoid
- endolithic
- factive
- fiberglass
- grime
- groundmass
- ground rod
- ground substance
- hedgehog
- isopedin
- key card
- leatherback turtle
- leatherjacket
- love arrows
- matrix sentence
- moonlet
- murrhine glass
- ophite
- pit scale