2 entries found for embed.
To select an entry, click on it. Main Entry: em·bed
Variant(s): also im·bed /im-
bed/Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): em·bed·ded also im·bed·ded; em·bed·ding also im·bed·ding
1 : to enclose in or as if in a surrounding mass : set solidly in or as if in a bed <embed a post in concrete>
2 : to prepare (material for use under a microscope) for cutting by infiltrating with and enclosing in a supporting substance (as paraffin)
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