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em·bed

verb \im-ˈbed\

em·bed·ded also im·bed·dedem·bed·ding also im·bed·ding

Definition of EMBED

transitive verb

1

a : to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix <fossils embedded in stone>

b : to make something an integral part of <the prejudices embedded in our language>

c : to prepare (a microscopy specimen) for sectioning by infiltrating with and enclosing in a supporting substance

2

: to surround closely <a sweet pulp embeds the plum seed>

intransitive verb

: to become embedded

— em·bed·ment \-ˈbed-mənt\ noun

Variants of EMBED

em·bed also im·bed \im-ˈbed\

Examples of EMBED

1. embed a post in concrete
2. <the nails were solidly embedded in those old plaster walls>

First Known Use of EMBED

circa 1794

Related to EMBED

Synonyms

bed, entrench (also imbed), enroot, fix, impact, implant, ingrain (also engrain), lodge, root

Antonyms

dislodge, root (out), uproot

Related Words

imbue, infuse, instill; beat (into), drive (into); establish, place, put, settle, stick

Near Antonyms

eliminate, eradicate; eject, expel; detach, disconnect, disengage, remove

Rhymes with EMBED

abed, ahead, airhead, baldhead, beachhead, bedspread, bedstead, beebread, behead, bestead, bighead, biped, blackhead, blockhead, bloodred, bloodshed, bobsled, bonehead, brain-dead, break bread, bridgehead, brown bread, bulkhead, bullhead, catch dead, cathead, childbed, clubhead, coed, cokehead, corn bread, corn-fed, cowshed, crackhead, crispbread, crisphead, crossbred, crosshead, daybed, deadhead, death's-head, deathbed, dispread, dogsled, dopehead, drop-dead, drophead, drumhead, dumbhead, egghead, far-red, farmstead, fathead, flatbed, forehead, foresaid, French bread, fry bread, Gateshead, gearhead, godhead, greenhead, half-bred, hardhead, highbred, hogshead, homebred, homestead, hophead, hotbed, hothead, ill-bred, inbred, instead, jarhead, juicehead, knock dead, lamed, light bread, lowbred, lunkhead, make head, masthead, meathead, moped, naled, outspread, packthread, phys ed, pinhead, pithead, point spread, pothead, premed, printhead, purebred, quick bread, railhead, redhead, red lead, re-tread, retread, roadbed, roadstead, Roundhead, saphead, scarehead, screw thread, seabed, seedbed, sheep ked, sheepshead, sheetfed, shewbread, shortbread, sickbed, skinhead, snowshed, softhead, sorehead, spearhead, spoon bread, springhead, steelhead, straightbred, streambed, subhead, sweetbread, swellhead, thickhead, toolshed, towhead, trailhead, Turk's head, unbred, undead, unread, unsaid, unthread, untread, Volstead, warhead, webfed, well-bred, wellhead, well-read, white-bread, whitehead, white lead, widespread, wingspread, woodshed, woolshed

em·bed

transitive verb    (Medical Dictionary)

em·bed·dedalso ; im·bed·ded; em·bed·dingalso ; im·bed·ding

Medical Definition of EMBED

: to prepare (a microscopy specimen) for sectioning by infiltrating with and enclosing in a supporting substance

—em·bed·ment \-ˈbed-mənt\ (audio pronunciation) noun

Variants of EMBED

em·bed also im·bed \im-ˈbed\ (audio pronunciation)