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Meaning of imbed

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

imbed

verb

Definitions

  1. To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed.

    Example: to embed something in clay, mortar, or sand

  2. (by extension) To include in surrounding matter.

    Example: We wanted to embed our reporter with the Fifth Infantry Division, but the Army would have none of it.

  3. To encapsulate within another document or data file.

    Example: The instructions showed how to embed a chart from the spreadsheet within the wordprocessor document.

  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.