Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Embed \Em*bed"\, 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.

Source : WordNet®

embed
     v : fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the
         back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in
         the gum" [syn: {implant}, {engraft}, {imbed}, {plant}]
     [also: {embedding}, {embedded}]