embed
verb /ɪmˈbed/
/ɪmˈbed/
(also imbed)
[usually passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they embed | /ɪmˈbed/ /ɪmˈbed/ |
| he / she / it embeds | /ɪmˈbedz/ /ɪmˈbedz/ |
| past simple embedded | /ɪmˈbedɪd/ /ɪmˈbedɪd/ |
| past participle embedded | /ɪmˈbedɪd/ /ɪmˈbedɪd/ |
| -ing form embedding | /ɪmˈbedɪŋ/ /ɪmˈbedɪŋ/ |
- to fix something in a substance or solid object
- be embedded in something an operation to remove glass that was embedded in his leg
- (figurative) These attitudes are deeply embedded in our society (= felt very strongly and difficult to change).
- embed something/itself (in something) The bullet embedded itself in the wall.
- embed 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
- embed something (linguistics) to place a sentence inside another sentence. In the sentence ‘I’m aware that she knows’, she knows is an embedded sentence.