EMBED (embedded, embedding)

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Irregular inflected forms: 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)

Present simple: I / you / we / they embed    ... he / she / it embeds   
Past simple: embedded   
Past participle: embedded   
-ing form: embedding   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fix or set securely or deeply

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

embed; engraft; imbed; implant; plant

Context example:

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

Sense 2

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

 Context examples 

Ground substance in which things are embedded or that fills a space (e.g., extracellular matrix or nuclear matrix).

(Matrix, NCI Thesaurus)

A parathyroid gland embedded within the thyroid gland parenchyma.

(Intrathyroidal Parathyroid, NCI Thesaurus)

In some cases of B-cell leukemia, the gene is involved a translocation t(14;19)(q32;q13.1), which embeds this gene in the immunoglobulin-alpha gene locus.

(BCL3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of odontogenic epithelium which is embedded in a connective tissue stroma.

(Adenomatoid Odontogenic Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

Analyte molecules are embedded in an excess matrix of small organic molecules that show a high resonant absorption at the laser wavelength used.

(Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Mass Spectrometry, NCI Thesaurus)

It is typically used on tissues to be paraffin-embedded and immunochemically stained and is useful for the preservation of nucleic acids in situ.

(Methacarn, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of epithelial nodules embedded in a stroma containing spindle cells.

(Metanephric Adenofibroma, NCI Thesaurus)

Device and/or fragments of device are embedded in patient's vessel and/or plaque.

(Medical Device Embedded In Vessel Or Plaque, Food and Drug Administration)

Research concerning sensors or devices usually attached to or embedded in the human body or other living animal to record and to transmit physiologic data to a receiving and monitoring station.

(Bioinstrument Application and Development, NCI Thesaurus)

A Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded (FFPE) block that resulted from a paraffin embedding procedure performed on a formalin fixed tissue specimen.

(Biospecimen, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)