- 1embed something (in something) to fix something firmly into a substance or solid object an operation to remove glass that was embedded in his leg The bullet embedded itself in the wall. (figurative) These attitudes are deeply embedded in our society (= felt very strongly and difficult to change).
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- 2embed somebody to send a journalist, photographer, etc. to an area where there is fighting, so that he or she can travel with the army and report what is happening embedded reporters in the war zone
- 3embed something (linguistics) to place a sentence inside another sentence. In the sentence “I'm aware that she knows”, she knows is an embedded sentence.
embed
verbNAmE//ɪmˈbɛd//
[usually passive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they embed he / she / it embeds
past simple embedded
-ing form embedding
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