embedded Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb fix or set securely or deeply
   plant; implant; imbed; embed; 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
   embed.
   
   • The young reporter was embedded with the Third Division
3. adjective satellite enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass
   
   • found pebbles embedded in the silt
   • stone containing many embedded fossils
   • peach and plum seeds embedded in a sweet edible pulp
4. adjective satellite inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole
   
   • confused by the embedded Latin quotations
   • an embedded subordinate clause

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