embed
(verb) attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war; “The young reporter was embedded with the Third Division”
implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant
(verb) fix or set securely or deeply; “He planted a knee in the back of his opponent”; “The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
embed (third-person singular simple present embeds, present participle embedding, simple past and past participle embedded)
(transitive) To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed.
(transitive, by extension) To include in surrounding matter.
(transitive, computing) To encapsulate within another document or data file.
(mathematics, transitive) To define a one-to-one function from (one set) to another so that certain properties of the domain are preserved when considering the image as a subset of the codomain.
The torus can be embedded in .
embed (plural embeds)
An embedded reporter or journalist, such as a war reporter assigned to and travelling with a military unit, or a political reporter assigned to follow and report on the campaign of a candidate.
An element of an advertisement, etc. serving as a subliminal message.
(computing) An item embedded in another document.
Source: Wiktionary
Em*bed", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embedded; p. pr. & vb. n. Embedding.] Etym: [Pref. em- + bed. Cf. Imbed.]
Definition: To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 May 2025
(adjective) not developed, improved, exploited or used; “vast unexploited (or undeveloped) natural resources”; “taxes on undeveloped lots are low”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
