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