adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of embed form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Part of; firmly, or securely surrounded; lodged solidly into; deep-rooted.

   "Near Maldonado I saw estuary shells of recent species embedded in clay, and raised above the level of a neighbouring fresh-water lake."

2. 2
   Partially buried in concrete or planted in earth.
3. 3
   Not minimal with respect to inclusion (among associated primes), i.e. having a proper sub-ideal which is an associated prime.

Adjective

1. 1
   inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole wordnet
2. 2
   enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

confirmeddeep dyeddeep rooteddeep seateddyed-in-the-woolembossed

Antonyms

All antonyms

isolated

Example

More examples

"The scene was embedded in his memory."

Etymology

From embed + -ed.

Related phrases

embedded clauseembedded softwareembedded systemdeep rooted

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