I. em ‧ bed 1 /ɪmˈbed/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle embedded , present participle embedding )
1 . [intransitive, transitive usually passive] to put something firmly and deeply into something else, or to be put into something in this way
be embedded in something
A piece of glass was embedded in her hand.
2 . [transitive usually passive] if ideas, attitudes, or feelings etc are embedded, you believe or feel them very strongly:
Feelings of guilt are deeply embedded in her personality.
3 . [transitive] to put something such as a ↑ graphic into a computer program or page on the Internet
II. em ‧ bed 2 /'embed/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
an ↑ embedded journalist