Synonyms for embed
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : verb em-bed; noun em-bed |
| Phonetic Transcription : verb ɛmˈbɛd; noun ˈɛmˌbɛd |
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Définition of embed
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.
- verb sink, implant
- They soak this material very thoroughly, embed the roots in it, and outside this material they apply some water-proof covering.
- Extract from : « Northern Nut Growers Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-First Annual Meeting » by Northern Nut Growers Association
- Insert the glass eye edgewise through the opening, turn it in position and embed it in the clay.
- Extract from : « Taxidermy and Zoological Collecting » by William T. Hornaday
- Often a whining bullet grazes us; but most of them fly above us right across the hollow, to embed themselves in the further side.
- Extract from : « 'Neath Verdun, August-October, 1914 » by Maurice Genevoix
- Still another development was to embed the antenna wires in the wings of the plane.
- Extract from : « Inventions of the Great War » by A. Russell (Alexander Russell) Bond
- The pea did not embed itself deeply into the gardener's skull as William had sometimes thought it would.
- Extract from : « More William » by Richmal Crompton
- Something whizzed past her, to embed itself in a tree trunk six inches from her head.
- Extract from : « Whispering Walls » by Mildred A. Wirt
- More or less of the emery will embed itself in the lead, and thus act as an abrasive.
- Extract from : « Practical Mechanics for Boys » by J. S. Zerbe
- It is not rule-of-thumb to find the tension in plain concrete and then embed steel in that concrete to take that tension.
- Extract from : « Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design » by Edward Godfrey
Antonyms for embed
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