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Imbedding

Imbed \Im*bed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbedded; p. pr. & vb. n. Imbedding.] [Pref. im- in + bed. Cf. Embed.] To sink or lay, as in a bed; to deposit in a partly inclosing mass, as of clay or mortar; to cover, as with earth, sand, etc.

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imbedding

n. (alt form embedding English) vb. (present participle of imbed English)

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imbedding

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imbed
  1. 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, embed, plant]

  2. [also: imbedding, imbedded]

Usage examples of "imbedding".

His right Bowie flashed up, spearing into the Vampire's left eye, imbedding the upper third in the socket.

Absently, like a well-rehearsed piano player with a wandering mind, she watched her hands press firmly against the sheets, imbedding their grip.

Next, in one lightning motion, the fist fell and rammed against the gun muzzle, imbedding the little finger up to the first knuckle inside the barrel.

Grizzly ducked under the blow and rammed both arms forward, imbedding both sets of claws in the guard's stomach.

What Jackson didn't know was that one of the darts had hit Charlie's thick Crucifix, imbedding completely in it.

To the northwest, by the lands of ice, a pod of fellow humpbacks, the ocean's great communicators, were giving their siren calls, imbedding in them a constant litany of information.