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- pronunciation:
- ihm
bed
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
embeds, imbeds, embedding, imbedding, embedded, imbedded |
| definition 1: |
to set or enclose firmly in some surrounding material.
The rice plants are embedded in the mud. |
| definition 2: |
to integrate into.
He embeds farm expressions from his boyhood in his writing. |
| related words: |
graft, introduce, lodge, root, set, sink, stick, tuck |
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| derivation: |
embedment (imbedment) (n.) |
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