embedment (noun)

  • 1embedment — embed (also imbed) ► VERB (embedded, embedding) 1) fix firmly and deeply in a surrounding mass. 2) implant (an idea or feeling). DERIVATIVES embedment noun …

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  • 2embedment — noun see embed …

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  • 3embedment — noun a) The act of embedding or the state of being embedded b) An embedded structure, especially a steel structure, embedded in concrete that transmits external loads to it …

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  • 4embedment — dmənt noun ( s) : the act, process, or product of embedding …

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  • 5embed — verb (also imbed) (embeds, embedding, embedded) 1》 fix or become fixed firmly and deeply in the surrounding mass.     ↘implant (an idea or feeling).     ↘Computing incorporate within the body of a file or document. 2》 attach (a journalist) to a… …

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  • 6embed — also imbed verb (embedded; also imbedded; embedding; also imbedding) Date: circa 1794 transitive verb 1. a. to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix < fossils embedded in stone > b. to make something an integral part of …

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  • 7embed — /ɛmˈbɛd / (say em bed) verb (t) (embedded, embedding) 1. to fix firmly in a surrounding mass. 2. to lay in or as in a bed. 3. Military a. to attach (a journalist) to a military unit: to embed a war correspondent with front line troops. b. to&#8230; …

  • 8embed — (also imbed) ► VERB (embedded, embedding) 1) fix firmly and deeply in a surrounding mass. 2) implant (an idea or feeling). DERIVATIVES embedment noun …

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  • 9interjection — Synonyms and related words: Parthian shot, address, adjectival, adjective, adverb, adverbial, adversative conjunction, affirmation, allegation, answer, apostrophe, aside, assertion, attributive, averment, comment, conjunction, conjunctive adverb …

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