1. (

• implant ,
• engraft ,
• embed ,
• imbed ,
• plant ,

) fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum" ;

2. (

• embed

) attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war; "The young reporter was embedded with the Third Division" ;

1. (

• embedded ,

) enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass; "found pebbles embedded in the silt"; "stone containing many embedded fossils"; "peach and plum seeds embedded in a sweet edible pulp" ;

2. (

• embedded

) inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole; "confused by the embedded Latin quotations"; "an embedded subordinate clause" ;