"embedded" in the verb sense

1. implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant

fix or set securely or deeply

"He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"

"The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum"

2. embed

attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war

"The young reporter was embedded with the Third Division"

"embedded" in the adjective sense

1. embedded

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. embedded

inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole

"confused by the embedded Latin quotations"

"an embedded subordinate clause"

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