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Definition: Embed

Embed

Verb

1. To fix or set securely or deeply: "Kneeling, Cobb planted a sturdy knee in the small of his back,".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Note: Embed \Em*bed"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Embedded; present participle verb or noun Embedding.]. (references)


Specialty Definition: Embed

DomainDefinition

Building & Civil Engineering

Tensioned wires within the beam which are either bonded to the concrete. . . or are held between firm anchorages embedded in each end of the beam. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Embed

Synonyms: engraft (v), imbed (v), implant (v), plant (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Embed

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Location

Verb: place, situate, locate, localize, make a place for, put, lay, set, seat, station, lodge, quarter, post, install; house, stow; establish, fix, pin, root; graft; plant; (insert); shelve, pitch, camp, lay down, deposit, reposit; cradle; moor, tether, picket; pack, tuck in; embed, imbed; vest, invest in.

Support

Give support, furnish support, afford support, supply support, lend support, give foundations, furnish foundations, afford foundations, supply foundations, lend foundations; bottom, found, base, ground, imbed, embed.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Embed

English words defined with "embed": buryEmbeddingsink. (references)
Specialty definitions using "embed": dry-wall finisherfinisher, wallboard and plasterboardPlain Old Documentation, plug-insheetrock tapertaper and bedder, taper and floater. (references)

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Usage Frequency: Embed

"Embed" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 72.92% of the time. "Embed" is used about 48 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)72.92%3558,339
Lexical Verb (base form)27.08%1397,576
                    Total100.00%48N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Embed

Expressions using "embed": embed oneself to embed. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Embed

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

embed

39

embed example html

4

acrobat embed

25

embed media player

3

embed src

17

embed real video

3

embed tag

15

embed html video

3

html embed

14

embed html sound

3

270 300 autostart embed false height hyunkyoung.asf loop myfile.hanafos.com src thdqhdrms0 true width

12

embed media window

3

embed video

10

ben embed homepage.mac.com mario movie mrspleen piano.mpeg src

3

acrobat cd embed

8

embed midi

3

embed sound

8

embed player real

3

embed music

8

embed realplayer

3

embed font

8

embed flash html

3

embed media player window

7

embed file music

3

candle embed mold

6

embed movie

2

embed quicktime

6

embed html mp3

2

embed flash

6

c embed in perl

2

embed hyun.wmv kairi85.mytripod.co.kr src

6

embed page web

2

embed mp3

5

audio embed

2

embed mold

4

animation embed flash form inserting outlook

2

active control embed in java x

4

avi embed

2

embed mp3 player

4

code embed html

2

embed html tag

4

embed java script

2

021203 08.wma 61.74.69.136 embed hidden mms src true

4

embed wax

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Embed

Language Translations for "embed"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

ngulit (affix, implant, impress, imprint, inculcate), ngulis (affix, implant, impress, imprint, inculcate), mbjell (crop, imbed, inseminate, plant, seed, sow, spread), fut (accept, cram into, drive, drive in, engrain, enter, establish, foot, hide, insert, intercalate, interpolate, introduce, launch, let in, mix in, move in, number, plunge, poke, pour into, put, put in the picture, put smb. wise to smth., set, speak, stick into, stock up, stuff, submerge, take on, thrust, tuck, usher in). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏رسخ (entrench, establish, firm, fix, implant, instill, plant, print, root, stabilize). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

обхващам (comprehend, comprise, encompass, envelop, grip, include, obsess, overcome, overtake, pervade, possess, seize, span, spread, take in), заравям (dig in, earth, earth up, imbed, immerse, inearth, inhume, inter, mould, plunge), закрепявам (attach, brace, set), закрепвам (fix, fixate, imbed, implant, make fast, poise, underset), зазиждам (brick, build up, fill in, fill out, imbed, wall up), забивам (drive in, fix, grind into, hammer, jab, knock home, nail, plant, plunge, ram, sink, smash, stick, thrust, thrust in), запечатвам (print, seal, seal up, stamp), поставям в (imbed). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

埋置 (Embedded, embedding, imbed, Imbedded, Imbedding). (various references)

   

Czech

  

zapustit (bed in), zakotvit (anchor, berth), vtisknout se, vrýt se, vložit (deposit, imbed, insert, inset, intercalate, interject, invest, plant, put in). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

inbedden (embedding, to embed, to mount flush). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

فروکردن (Dig, Implant, Inculcate, Infix, Jam, Poach, Thrust), محاطکردن , نشاندن (Enchase, Imprint, Infix, Seat, Set, Stud), خواباندن (Appease, Stop, Suppress), جادادن (Accommodate, Chamber, Fix, House, Incorporate, Incorporation, Infix, Insert, Receive, Settle, Stable, Stead), دورگرفتن (Encircle, Encompass, Girth), دردرون کارکردن . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

valaa (cast, mould, pour). (various references)

   

French

  

enrober, enfoncer, enchâsser, sceller, noyer. (various references)

   

German

  

einbetten (imbed, to embed). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μπήγω (drive in, drive into, fix, push in, thrust), περιζώνω (begird, belt, cincture, engird, skirt, zone), χώνω μέσα, ενσωματώνω (embody, incorporate), ενθέτω (insert, inset). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לשבץ (checker, embroider, fix in, inlay, insert, ornament). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

berak (inlay, plait, stevedore, to damascene, to inlay, to kilt, to pleat, to stevedore, to stow, to tuck away, tuck), beágyaz (bed, imbed, make the bed, make up a bed, to bed in, to cushion, to embed, to make the bed, to make up a bed). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

memancangkan (fasten, stick in). (various references)

   

Italian

  

incastrare (fit, fit in, fix, get stuck, imbed), incassare (build in, cash, collect, encase, fill, get, occupy, pack, sink, take), affondare (engulf, founder, go under, sink, stick in). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

끼워넣으십시" (imbed). (various references)

   

Manx

  

jingey (cram, crowd, crowd up, crowding, crush, jam, let in, move along, press, press forward, quoin, ram home, shove, shove forward, shoving, throng, thronging, wedge; indentation, wedging), jeenysal (block, block as wheels, chock up, fasten down, steady, wedge). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

embeday.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

engastar (enchase, mount, set), embutir (chase, flush, imbed, inlay, mortice, mortise), penetrar (break, fathom, get in, infiltrate, intrude, penetrate, perforate, permeate, reach, stick, strike through, transpierce), firmar (base, cement, clench, confirm, consolidate, enplane, fasten, firm, fix, guy, hoop, implant, joggle, key, nail, plant, rivet, root, secure, set, sign, stabilize, steady, stiffen, underwrite), cravar (affix, cadge, clout, determine, fasten, insert, make fast, nail, pitch, plant, secure, stare at, stick). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

zidi (brick in, brick up, build, construct, create, erect, immure, wall), fixa într-un perete, încastra (fix). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

встраивать, вставлять (dpb, encase, incase, insert, intercalate, interject, interpose, parenthesize, paste, set, work in, work into), внедрять (engrain, enroot, imbed, implant, impregnate, inculcate, intrude, plant, root), вделывать (encase, imbed), запечатлеть. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

ugraditi (build in, imbed). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

empotrar (build in, let into). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

omgiva (begird, circle, compass, embrace, encase, encircle, enclose, encompass, environ, girdle, imbed, incase, inclose, surround, wreathe), omge (begird, circle, compass, embrace, encase, encircle, encircled, enclose, encompass, environ, girdle, imbed, incase, inclose, surround, wreathe), inpränta (drive home, imbed, implant, impress, imprint, inculcate), innesluta (embody, embosom, encase, encircle, enclose, envelop, imbed, incase, inclose, lock, seal, shut in, wreathe), inbädda (embosom), förankra (anchor, establish firmly, imbed), borra in (imbed), bädda in (imbed, lap). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ฝังใจ, ฝังลงไป (bed). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yerleştirmek (accommodate, deposit, domicil, domicile, draw out, emplace, enchase, engraft, ensconce, entrench, establish, fix, indwell, ingraft, inject, install, lay, locate, nestle, perch, pitch, place, posit, position, post, put, put in, quarter, reset, seat, set, set up, settle, shake down, sink, site, situate, slot, spot, Square, station, Stow), oturtmak (clap, fit, gear, indwell, Mount, place, reset, seat, set, sit, sit down, site, slot), kafasına sokmak (beat smth. into smb.'s head, imbue, inculcate, infix, infuse, inseminate, put smb. in mind of, whip), gömmek (Bury, commit to the ground, dig in, entomb, immerse, inhume, inter, intomb, lay to rest, let in, sink, sink into). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

уставляти (imbed, inlet, insert, inset, intercalate, put, put in, sandwich, wad, work in), укопувати (imbed, sink), вправляти (exercise, imbed), закарбовуватися (imbed). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Embed

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

defigunt, defixae, defixi, defixisti, defixit, defixos, defossus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Embed

Derivations

Words beginning with "embed": embedded, embedding, embeddings, embedment, embedments, embeds. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Embed" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bembe, ebadd, ebm, Emb, embbed, embde, Embden, embe, embedd, Embedgph, embel, Embeth, Embez, Embo, Embrey, Embu, embue, emed, emmbed, emme, emnet, empeed, Emtb, Esbcd, Etbe, fembot, mebe, oemed, umbudi. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Embed"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "embed" (pronounced embe"d)
4-m b e" dimbed.
3-b e" dabed, bed.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Embed

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-d-e-e-m"

-1 letter: deem, deme, meed.

-2 letters: bed, bee, deb, dee, eme, med.

-3 letters: be, de, ed, em, me.

 Words containing the letters "b-d-e-e-m"
 

+1 letter: beamed, embeds.

 

+2 letters: beadmen, bedeman, bedemen, bedmate, bedtime, beldame, bemired, bemixed, bemused, benamed, berimed, breamed, embayed, embowed, embrued, umbeled, umbered.

 

+3 letters: beadsmen, becalmed, becrimed, bedamned, bedesman, bedesmen, bedframe, bedimmed, bedimple, bedmaker, bedmates, bedtimes, bedumbed, begrimed, beldames, bemadden, bemeaned, bemisted, bemoaned, bemocked, bemuddle, benumbed, berhymed, beseemed, beshamed, beslimed, besmiled, besmoked, besmudge, bewormed, bodement, bumpered, cambered, cumbered, demobbed, embalmed, embanked, embarked, embarred, embedded, emblazed, emblemed, embodied, embodier, embodies, embolden, emborder, embosked, embossed, embraced, embruted, endameba, enjambed, entombed, enwombed, flambeed, homebred, imbedded, limbered, lumbered, membered, mendable, numbered, rebeldom, recombed, reembody, timbered, trembled, umbelled.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Translations: Ancient
9. Derivations
10. Rhymes
11. Anagrams
12. Bibliography


  

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