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Verb: embed (embedded,embedding)  em'bed
  1. Fix or set securely or deeply
    "They embedded the post in concrete";
    - implant, engraft, imbed, plant
     
  2. Attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war
    "The young reporter was embedded with the Third Division"
     
  3. (computing) put entirely inside another document or data file
    "You can embed a video in your blog post"
Noun: embed  em'bed
  1. A reporter assigned to accompany and report on a military unit
    "The embed provided firsthand accounts from the frontline"
     
  2. (computing) a piece of code or content inserted into a webpage or document
    "The video embed failed to load on the page"

Derived forms: embeds, embedded, embedding

Type of: aggroup [archaic], enter, group, infix, insert, introduce

Encyclopedia: Embed