Embed

Quick meaning: Embed is a verb meaning (transitive) To lay (something) as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed.

Meaning

(transitive) To lay (something) as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed.

More Meanings

1. (transitive, by extension) To include (something) in surrounding matter.
2. (transitive, computing) To encapsulate within another document or data file.
3. One thing embedded within another, as:
4. (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.

Example Sentences

to embed something in clay, mortar, or sand

The instructions showed how to embed a chart from the spreadsheet within the wordprocessor document.

We wanted to embed our reporter with the Fifth Infantry Division, but the Army would have none of it.

In the opposite direction a train got away from Huntly, but became embedded in the snow at Insch, where the passengers spent the night.

Word Forms

• embeds
• embedding
• embedded

Synonyms for embed

Depending on context, synonyms include engraft, plant, imbed, implant.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include imbed, implant, engraft, plant, bury, insert.

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