EMBED (embedded, embedding)
Dictionary entry overview: What does embed mean?
• EMBED (verb)
The verb EMBED has 2 senses:
1. fix or set securely or deeply
2. attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war
Familiarity information: EMBED used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EMBED (verb)
Meaning:
Fix or set securely or deeply
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
embed; imbed; implant; engraft; plant
Context examples:
He planted a knee in the back of his opponent / The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum
Hypernyms (to "embed" is one way to...):
enter; infix; insert; introduce (put or introduce into something)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "embed"):
pot (plant in a pot)
nest (fit together or fit inside)
bury; sink (embed deeply)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Context example:
The young reporter was embedded with the Third Division
Hypernyms (to "embed" is one way to...):
aggroup; group (form a group or group together)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
