Definition: embed

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

embed
     v : to fix or set securely or deeply: "Kneeling, Cobb planted a
         sturdy knee in the small of his back," [syn: implant, engraft,
          imbed, plant]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Embed \Em*bed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embedded; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Embedding.] [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.