embed

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: em=bed

CIDE DICTIONARY

embed, v. t. [Pref. em- + bed. Cf. Imbed.].

 To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

embed, v.tr. (also imbed) (-bedded, -bedding)
1 (esp. as embedded adj.) fix firmly in a surrounding mass (embedded in concrete).
2 (of a mass) surround so as to fix firmly.
3 place in or as in a bed.

Derivative

embedment n.

THESAURUS

embed

bed, bed in, comprise, confirm, contain, deep-dye, define, enclose, enfold, engraft, engrave, entrench, establish, etch, fix, found, ground, impact, implant, impress, imprint, include, infix, ingrain, inlay, inscribe, inset, internalize, jam, keep within, lodge, pack, plant, print, put in, root, seat, set, set in, settle, stamp, stereotype, surround, wedge

ROGET THESAURUS

embed

Location

VB place, situate, locate, localize, make a place for, put, lay, set, seat, station, lodge, quarter, post, install, house, stow, establish, fix, pin, root, graft, plant, shelve, pitch, camp, lay down, deposit, reposit, cradle, moor, tether, picket, pack, tuck in, embed, imbed, vest, invest in, billet on, quarter upon, saddle with, load, lade, freight, pocket, put up, bag, inhabit, domesticate, colonize, take root, strike root, anchor, cast anchor, come to an anchor, sit down, settle down, settle, take up one's abode, take up one's quarters, plant oneself, establish oneself, locate oneself, squat, perch, hive, se nicher, bivouac, burrow, get a footing, encamp, pitch one's tent, put up at, put up one's horses at, keep house, endenizen, naturalize, adopt, put back, replace.

Support

VB be supported, lie on, sit on, recline on, lean on, loll on, rest on, stand on, step on, repose on, abut on, bear on, be based on, have at one's back, bestride, bestraddle, support, bear, carry, hold, sustain, shoulder, hold up, back up, bolster up, shore up, uphold, upbear, prop, under prop, under pin, under set, riprap, bandage, give support, furnish support, afford support, supply support, lend support, give foundations, furnish foundations, afford foundations, supply foundations, lend foundations, bottom, found, base, ground, imbed, embed, maintain, keep on foot, aid.