to embed

Examples

• All

• And the way it works is in this end, here there is an embedded micro computer.

• The Navajo Nation is the largest sovereign, indigenous nation embedded within the United States.

  Academic text (2017)

• I also found a piece of that old paper... ...embedded in the bone.

  The Bone Collector (1999)

• Embedded in this are the records I have shown you.

  Transformers One (2024)

• When empathy is embedded in every question.

• In this picture, Earth appears as a pale blue dot of light embedded in a rainbow.

  Evan Carmichael

• And they're also embedded in the rock, which has survived centuries on a fault line.

  End of the World (2018)

• The culture of dance is deeply embedded in Afro-diasporic people, deeply embedded.

  Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance (2020)

• First and foremost, his explicit instruction is embedded within the context of engaging and challenging content.

  Academic text (2013)

• Application areas include planning and scheduling, computational sustainability, embedded system design, energy systems, and smart cities.

  Academic text (2017)

Synonyms

P

to plant

vsto embed

164 3.4

To put or set something firmly in a place so it does not move

stresses integration into surrounding material rather than simple placement

I

to implant

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• Specialized

80 5.2

Put something firmly into a body or surface

is broader and stresses full incorporation into surrounding material

L

to lodge

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60 5.0

To become stuck in something or push something to stay there

involves becoming an integral part of the surrounding substance

S

to sink

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47 4.7

To press something deeply into a surface

implies fuller incorporation rather than merely pushing into a surface

I

to imbed

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• UK

12 6.0

To put something firmly into a material so it stays there

is the standard form stressing being made an integral part

I

to ingrain

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1 7.2

To press something firmly into a surface so it is hard to remove

focuses more on becoming a permanent part of the whole mass

E

to engraft

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1 9.9

To fix something firmly so it becomes part of something else

is more general about joining something into the surrounding mass

Antonyms

R

to remove

∞ 1.5

To move something or someone away from a place

D

to detach

3 4.3

To separate a part from a larger group for a special task

How Deep

to bury

99 1.6

to embed

105 4.8

insert

21 3.9

to push in

• UK

4 5.6

to lay

∞ 1.0

to place

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology