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Embedded

//ɪmˈbɛdɪd// adj, verb

Definitions

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

From embed + -ed.

Etymology 2

From embed + -ed.

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