embed

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To fix something firmly inside a surrounding material.

   The shrapnel had embedded itself deep in the wall.

2. 2
   verb

   To place one document, image, or file inside another.

   You can embed a chart from the spreadsheet directly into the report.

3. 3
   verb

   To attach a journalist to a military unit to report from within it.

   The reporter was embedded with troops on the front line.

From em- + bed.

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