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verb

Definition of EMBED

to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter <the nails were solidly embedded in those old plaster walls>

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

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

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

Antonyms dislodge, root (out), uproot

Variants of EMBED

embed also imbed