embedded

«embedded» in Mova's school dictionary: fixed firmly inside something else, like a stone stuck in… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

1) Embedded means fixed firmly inside something else, like a stone stuck in mud. tree →

2) (grammar) An embedded clause is a part of a sentence put inside the main sentence, usually between commas. tree →

3) (computers) An embedded video or picture is placed inside a web page. tree →

4) An embedded journalist travels with soldiers to report. tree →

sense 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 →
• A splinter was embedded in my finger. tree →
• Add an embedded clause to your sentence: The cat, who was hungry, meowed. tree →
• The teacher embedded a video in the slides. tree →
• The ring was embedded with tiny diamonds. tree →
• Kindness is embedded in our school rules. tree →
• Observing it to be much swollen and inflamed, he examined it and found a large thorn embedded in the ball of the foot. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «embedded» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.