embed Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb fix or set securely or deeply
    plant; implant; imbed; engraft.
    • He planted a knee in the back of his opponent
    • The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum
  2. verb attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war
    • The young reporter was embedded with the Third Division

WordNet

Em*bed" transitive verb
Etymology
Pref. em- + bed. Cf. Imbed.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Embedded; present participle & verbal noun Embedding
Definitions
  1. To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand.

Webster 1913