Embed

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Embed \Em*bed"\ ([e^]m*b[e^]d"), 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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  embed
       v : fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the
           back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in
           the gum" [syn: {implant}, {engraft}, {imbed}, {plant}]
       [also: {embedding}, {embedded}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "embed":
     bed, bed in, comprise, confirm, contain, deep-dye, define, enclose,
     enfold, engraft, engrave, entrench, establish, etch, fix, found,
     ground, impact, implant, impress, imprint, include, infix, ingrain,
     inlay, inscribe, inset, internalize, jam, keep within, lodge, pack,
     plant, print, put in, root, seat, set, set in, settle, stamp,
     stereotype, surround, wedge