Dictionary Entry
embed
embed is a 5-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 3 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand.
- 2verb
attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war
"The young reporter was embedded with the Third Division"
- 3verb
fix or set securely or deeply
"He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"
"The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum"
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