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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Embed \Em*bed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embedded}; p. pr & vb n. {Embedding}.] [Pref. em- + bed. Cf {Imbed}.] To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: embedded adj 1: enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass; "found pebbles embedded in the silt"; "stone containing many embedded fossils"; "peach and plum seeds embedded in a sweet edible pulp" 2: inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole; "confused by the embedded Latin quotations"; "an embedded subordinate clause"
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