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imbed — verb COMPUTING another spelling of embed * * * imbed UK US /ɪmˈbed/ verb [T] ( dd ) US ► IT EMBED(Cf. ↑embed) … Financial and business terms
imbed — var. of EMBED. * * * imbed f53 [imbed imbeds imbedded imbedding] ; = ↑embed * * * imbed see embe … Useful english dictionary
imbed — SYN: embed. * * * imbed var of EMBED * * * im·bed (im bedґ) embed; see embedding … Medical dictionary
embed — em‧bed [ɪmˈbed] verb embedded PTandPPX embedding PRESPARTX [transitive] COMPUTING to put something such as an image, sound etc into a page on a Internet website or into a program, using computer code S … Financial and business terms
Embed — Em*bed ([e^]m*b[e^]d ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embedded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embedding}.] [Pref. em + bed. Cf. {Imbed}.] To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
embed — [em bed′, imbed′] vt. embedded, embedding 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. embedment n … English World dictionary
Imbed — Im*bed , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imbedded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imbedding}.] [Pref. im in + bed. Cf. {Embed}.] To sink or lay, as in a bed; to deposit in a partly inclosing mass, as of clay or mortar; to cover, as with earth, sand, etc. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
imbed — [im bed′] vt. var. of EMBED … English World dictionary
embed — (also imbed) ► VERB (embedded, embedding) 1) fix firmly and deeply in a surrounding mass. 2) implant (an idea or feeling). DERIVATIVES embedment noun … English terms dictionary
embed — (= imbed), verb rhinestones are then embedded in the leather trim Syn: implant, plant, set, fix, lodge, root, insert, place; sink, drive, hammer, ram … Thesaurus of popular words
