Meaning & use
imbed
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A variant spelling of "embed," meaning to fix something firmly and deeply into a surrounding mass.
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The archaeologists found tools imbedded in the hardened clay.
A shard of glass was imbedded in the tire.
A note on using this word
"Embed" is now the far more common spelling in modern English; "imbed" appears mainly in older texts.
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