noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
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"He alleges that ads for Seagram's gin, Chivas Regal scotch, Bacardi rum, Sprite soda, Camel and Kent cigarettes, Tweed perfume, Kanon cologne and myriad other products include embeds surreptitiously placed to induce purchase."
"When you change the content of these embeds, this information will be automatically updated in every page that the embeds are included in."
"to embed something in clay, mortar, or sand"
"We wanted to embed our reporter with the Fifth Infantry Division, but the Army would have none of it."
"The instructions showed how to embed a chart from the spreadsheet within the wordprocessor document."
"The torus S¹#92;timesS¹ can be embedded in #92;mathbb#123;R#125;³."
"I wish I could figure out how to embed a YouTube video."
One thing embedded within another, as:; An embedded reporter or journalist, such as a war reporter assigned to and travelling with a military unit, or a political reporter assigned to follow and report on the campaign of a candidate.
Common synonyms include: implant, agate, asama, auditory imprinting, bake, bed.
I wish I could figure out how to embed a YouTube video.
Pronounced /ɪmˈbɛd/.
From em- + bed.