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Definition of Embed

1. Verb. Fix or set securely or deeply. "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"

Definition of Embed

1. v. t. To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand.

Definition of Embed

1. to fix firmly into a surrounding mass [v -BEDDED, -BEDDING, -BEDS]

Medical Definition of Embed

1. To surround a pathological or histological specimen with a firm and sometimes hard medium such as paraffin, wax, celloidin, or a resin, in order to make possible the cutting of thin sections for microscopic examination. Synonym: imbed. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Embed

embattlement embattlements embattles embattling embay embayed embaying embayld embayment embayments

embays Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas pathway Embden-Meyerhof pathway Embden ester embed (current term) embed (current term) embedded embedding embedding embeddings

embedding agents embedment embedments embeds embelin embellish embellished embellisher embellishers embellishes

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