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Webster 1828 Edition


Embedded

EMBED'DED

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Laid as in a bed; deposited or inclosed in surrounding matter; as ore embedded in sand.

Definition 2024


embedded

embedded

English

Verb

embedded

  1. simple past tense and past participle of embed

Adjective

embedded (comparative more embedded, superlative most embedded)

  1. Part of; firmly, or securely surrounded; lodged solidly into; deep-rooted.
    • 1839-1843, Charles Darwin, The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle:
      Near Maldonado I saw estuary shells of recent species embedded in clay, and raised above the level of a neighbouring fresh-water lake.
    • 1980, Stoneman requirements:
      That is, a program which will execute in an embedded target computer is developed on a host computer which offers extensive support facilities.
  2. Partially buried in concrete or planted in earth.

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