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:

Synonyms

imbed

plant

🌱

bury

implant

inlay

inset

engrave

engraft

place in

build in

squeeze

stick

press

root

encase

enclose

ingrain

inlet

inscribe

insert

insertion

instal

install

invest

jam

lay

lay in

load

load up

locate

marshal

mounting

nest

nudge

parquet

place

plug

position

push

put

put in

put up

rank

seat

💺

seed

set up

shoot

shove

sink

site

situate

squash

station

🚉

stuff

thrust

embedded reporter

fit into

put into

embowel

set into

shoulder in

base

imbed

box

📦

built-in

buried

deploy

depress

dispose

emplace

encrust

fort

fund

grubstake

imbedding

impel

inbuilt

inculcate

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪmˈbɛd/

Etymology

From em- + bed.