To insert in a frame or setting, or in a surrounding mass of material; to shut up in a case, envelope, or receptacle. Also figurative.
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| 释义 | the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)] > in a surrounding mass (6) enclosec1386 To insert in a frame or setting, or in a surrounding mass of material; to shut up in a case, envelope, or receptacle. Also figurative. umbewendc1440 to imbed, enclose. bed1587 To sink or bury in a matrix of any kind, to cover up or fix firmly in any substance; to embed, v. to bed in1778 transitive. Originally: to plant (a seed, plant, etc.) in a bed of soil (cf. bed, n. 8). Later also: to embed (an object) firmly in position in a… embed1778 transitive. To fix firmly in a surrounding mass of some solid material. Also reflexive. Subcategories:— by scooping or hollowing (1) |
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