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# embedded

adjective (embedded); verb form of embed (embed, embeds, embedded, embedding)

«embedded» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Embedded means fixed firmly inside something else, like a stone stuck in mud. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embedded/#m1)
2. (grammar) An embedded clause is a part of a sentence put inside the main sentence, usually between commas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embedded/#m2)
3. (computers) An embedded video or picture is placed inside a web page. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embedded/#m3)
4. An embedded journalist travels with soldiers to report. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embedded/#m4)

### In the lessons

English grammar lessons (embedded relative clauses: «The dog, which was muddy, ran in»). Science (fossils embedded in rock). Computing (embedded videos). Phrases: embedded in, embedded clause, deeply embedded.

### Examples

- The fossil was embedded in the rock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embedded/#x1)
- A splinter was embedded in my finger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embedded/#x2)
- Add an embedded clause to your sentence: The cat, who was hungry, meowed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embedded/#x3)
- The teacher embedded a video in the slides. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embedded/#x4)
- The ring was embedded with tiny diamonds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embedded/#x5)
- Kindness is embedded in our school rules. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embedded/#x6)
- Observing it to be much swollen and inflamed, he examined it and found a large thorn embedded in the ball of the foot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embedded/#x7)

### Note

Double d: embed, embedded, embedding. Commas around an embedded clause are like brackets: the sentence still makes sense without them. Also spelled «imbed», rarely.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «embedded» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embedded/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«embedded» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/embedded.html) on Mova free.