Definition of "embed" []

• To fix firmly in a surrounding mass: embed a post in concrete; fossils embedded in shale. (verb-transitive)
• To enclose snugly or firmly. (verb-transitive)
• To cause to be an integral part of a surrounding whole: "a minor accuracy embedded in a larger untruth” ( Ian Jack). (verb-transitive)
• To assign (a journalist) to travel with a military unit during an armed conflict. (verb-transitive)
• Biology To enclose (a specimen) in a supporting material before sectioning for microscopic examination. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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