embed

Meaning

Verb

1. To lay (something) as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed.
2. To include (something) in surrounding matter.
3. To encapsulate within another document or data file.
4. To define a one-to-one function from one set to another so that certain properties of the domain are preserved when considering the image as a subset of the codomain.

Noun

1. One thing embedded within another, as:
2. One thing embedded within another, as:
3. One thing embedded within another, as:
4. One thing embedded within another, as:

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪmˈbɛd/

Etymology

From em- + bed.