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Grammar : Adj
Spell : verb em-bed; noun em-bed
Phonetic Transcription : verb ɛmˈbɛd; noun ˈɛmˌbɛd

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Définition of embedded

Origin :
  • 1778, from em- + bed (n.). Originally a geological term, in reference to fossils in rock; figurative sense is from 1835; meaning "place a journalist within a military unit at war" is 2003. Related: Embedded; embedding.
  • adj entrenched
Example sentences :
  • Have you noticed at what season in either case the plants must be embedded?
  • Extract from : « The Economist » by Xenophon
  • What is there to say, except that it fell with high velocity and embedded in the tree?
  • Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
  • Wherever someone had found a suitable spot, there he had embedded his poles.
  • Extract from : « The Best Made Plans » by Everett B. Cole
  • The track of the previous car was embedded plain on the soft earth.
  • Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest
  • Several feet on, there was another flash of embedded crystals.
  • Extract from : « Storm Over Warlock » by Andre Norton
  • The shot must be embedded in the center of the cotton so as to prevent rattling.
  • Extract from : « The Measurement of Intelligence » by Lewis Madison Terman
  • A bit horrified, I perceived that the pellet was embedded about a half-inch in.
  • Extract from : « Highways in Hiding » by George Oliver Smith
  • Evidently the point had embedded in a lath, for the knife did not move.
  • Extract from : « Jack O' Judgment » by Edgar Wallace
  • For floors, a sheet of woven wire is often stretched out and embedded.
  • Extract from : « Diggers in the Earth » by Eva March Tappan
  • In both the bolt is unscrewed, leaving the "heads" embedded.
  • Extract from : « Concrete Construction » by Halbert P. Gillette

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