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Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To fix firmly in a surrounding mass.
- intransitive verb To cause to be an integral part of a surrounding whole.
- intransitive verb Linguistics To insert or position (a clause or phrase) within a clause or phrase.
- intransitive verb Computers To insert (a virus, for example) into a software program.
- intransitive verb To assign (a journalist) to travel with a military unit during an armed conflict.
- intransitive verb Biology To enclose (a specimen) in a supporting material before sectioning for microscopic examination.
- intransitive verb To become embedded.
- noun One that is embedded, especially a journalist who is assigned to an active military unit.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To lay in or as in a bed; lay in surrounding matter: as, to
embed a thing in clay or sand.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
lay as in abed ; to lay insurrounding matter ; to bed; as, to embed a thing inclay ,mortar , orsand . - verb by extension To include in surrounding matter.
- verb computing To
encapsulate within another document or data file (unrelated to the other computing meaning of embedded as inembedded system ). - verb mathematics, transitive To define a
one-to-one function from (oneset ) to another so that certainproperties of thedomain arepreserved when considering theimage as asubset of thecodomain . - noun Short for embedded reporter/journalist, a war reporter assigned to and travelling with a military unit.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb fix or set securely or deeply
- verb attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war
Etymologies
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The embed is nice, but the panorama is meant to be exprienced at full screen so head on over to 360 Cities for a much better view: Link – Thanks Jeffrey!
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The Saturday Duck & Cover Mix at 8tracks. com - the embed is screwing up for some reason.
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Why use the word embed, although it is the correct verb, still won't copy this code sound better?
Content on the web page of Y!Q (Beta) Chirayu 2005
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[...] to the Angry Illusion, Marilyn Monroe and Albert Einstein embed themselves together in this illusion.
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The embed is a little wonky, so if you can’t see the embed, click here for the vid.
Moray Eels, sorta like Aliens without the acid blood… : #comments 2007
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Samotný tag embed má ješt? další parametry, kde m?
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However, if you select an image and right-click to view the properties you will see that the 'Build Action' has been set to embedded; in other words embed a copy of this image into the compiled assembly.
The Code Project Latest Articles digital man 2010
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With dynamic versus static pages: in most cases, you do not have to keyword embed, you do not have to create static only pages.
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But only until recently, a few months ago did the idea embed itself in my mind.
Qwaider Planet 2009
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Asset popularity (e.g., if several videos are available to embed, which is used more) 11.
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synonyms (46)
Words with the same meaning
- bed
- bed in
- comprise
- confirm
- contain
- deep-dye
- define
- enclose
- enfold
- engraft
- engrave
- enlay
- entrench
- establish
- etch
- fix
- found
- ground
- impact
- impaste
- implant
- impress
- imprint
- include
- infix
- ingrain
- inlay
- inscribe
- inset
- internalize
- jam
- keep within
- lodge
- pack
- plant
- put in
- root
- seat
- set
- set in
- settle
- stamp
- stereotype
- surround
- wedge
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rhymes (66)
Words with the same terminal sound
- Ed
- Fed
- Fred
- Freda
- Ged
- Head
- Jed
- Med
- Ned
- Read
- Red
- Said
- Ted
- Thoroughbred
- Wed
- abed
- ahead
- bed
- behead
- bled
- bread
- bred
- dead
- dread
- dred
- ed
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- fled
- fred
- ged
- head
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- infrared
- instead
- interbred
- lead
- led
- med
- misled
- misread
- ned
- overfed
- overhead
- pled
- purebred
- read
- red
- redd
- retread
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- sped
- spread
- stead
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- thoroughbred
- thread
- tread
- unread
- unsaid
- unwed
- wed
- widespread
- zed
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