to fix into a surrounding mass

to embed stones in cement.

to surround tightly or firmly; envelop or enclose

Thick cotton padding embedded the precious vase in its box.

to incorporate or contain as an essential part or characteristic

A love of color is embedded in all of her paintings.

Histology . to infiltrate (a biological tissue) with molten paraffin or other plastic material that later solidifies, enabling the preparation to be sliced very thin for viewing under a microscope.

Mathematics . to map a set into another set.

Grammar . to insert (a construction, as a phrase or clause) into a larger construction, as a clause or sentence.

to be or become fixed or incorporated, as into a surrounding mass

Glass embeds in the soft tar of the road.

verb

dig up

verb

bury , deposit , dig in , drive in , enclose , fasten , fix , hammer in , impact , infix , ingrain , inlay , insert , install , lodge , pierce , plant , plunge , press , put into , ram in , root , set , stick in , stuff in , thrust in , tuck in , entrench