embedded

Variant of embed

embed definition

em·bed (em bed′, im-; for n. em′bed′)

transitive verb embedded -·bed′·ded, embedding -·bed′·ding

  1. to set (flowers, etc.) in earth
  2. to set or fix firmly in a surrounding mass to embed tiles in cement
  3. to fix in the mind, memory, etc.
  4. Comput. to insert (an identification code, a virus, a routine for monitoring access, etc.) into a software program
  5. to assign (an observer) to a group engaged in some activity to embed journalists with a combat unit

noun

a person who has been embedded

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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