IMBED (imbedded, imbedding)

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Irregular inflected forms: imbedded    , imbedding   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does imbed mean? 

• IMBED (verb)
  The verb IMBED has 1 sense:

1. fix or set securely or deeply

  Familiarity information: IMBED used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMBED (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they imbed    ... he / she / it imbeds   
Past simple: imbedded   
Past participle: imbedded   
-ing form: imbedding   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fix or set securely or deeply

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

embed; engraft; imbed; implant; plant

Context example:

The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum

Hypernyms (to "imbed" is one way to...):

enter; infix; insert; introduce (put or introduce into something)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "imbed"):

pot (plant in a pot)

nest (fit together or fit inside)

bury; sink (embed deeply)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

 Context examples 

Drug administration via imbedded implants used as depot formulations to limit high drug concentrations to the area surrounding the pathology or to provide sustained drug release for systemic therapy.

(Administration via Implantation, NCI Thesaurus)

He opened the case, and there, imbedded in soft, flesh-coloured velvet, lay the magnificent piece of jewellery which he had named.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There was more cursing, and a mocking laugh, and when all was quiet I stole outside and found a heavy knife imbedded over an inch in the solid wood.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)