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}]

embedding
     See {embed}

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

embedding
     
        1.  One instance of some mathematical object
        contained with in another instance, e.g. a {group} which is a
        subgroup.
     
        2.  ({domain theory}) A {complete partial order} F in
        [X -> Y] is an embedding if
     
        (1) For all x1, x2 in X, x1 <= x2  <=>  F x1 <= F x2 and
     
        (2) For all y in Y, {x | F x <= y} is {directed}.
     
        ("<=" is written in {LaTeX} as {\sqsubseteq}).
     
        (1995-03-27)