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Rareimbed
The correct spelling is imbed.
How to pronounce imbed
verb
Say it like: Imb-ed
The correct spelling is imbed. To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed. For example: "to embed something in clay, mortar, or sand"
Usage Examples
“to embed something in clay, mortar, or sand”
“We wanted to embed our reporter with the Fifth Infantry Division, but the Army would have none of it.”
“The instructions showed how to embed a chart from the spreadsheet within the wordprocessor document.”
Definition
verb
- 1.To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed.
- 2.(by extension) To include in surrounding matter.
- 3.To encapsulate within another document or data file.
- 4.To define a one-to-one function from (one set) to another so that certain properties of the domain are preserved when considering the image as a subset of the codomain.
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