Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1.
enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass;
- Example: "found pebbles embedded in the silt"- Example: "stone containing many embedded fossils"- Example: "peach and plum seeds embedded in a sweet edible pulp"2.
inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole;
- Example: "confused by the embedded Latin quotations"- Example: "an embedded subordinate clause"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
integrated \integrated\ adj.
1. Formed or united into a whole.
Syn: incorporate, incorporated, merged, unified.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. Formed into a whole or introduced into another entity; as,
an integrated Europe. Opposite of nonintegrated.
[Narrower terms: coordinated, interconnected,
unified; embedded; incorporated; tight-knit,
tightly knit]
a more closely integrated economic and political
system --Dwight D.
Eisenhower
[WordNet 1.5]
3. Having different groups treated together as equals in one
group; as, racially integrated schools. [Narrower terms:
co-ed, coeducational; desegrated, nonsegregated,
unsegregated; interracial; mainstreamed] Also See:
integrative, joint, united. Antonym: segregated.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
4. Resembling a living organism in organization or
development. [Narrower terms: organic (vs. inorganic)]
Syn: structured.
[WordNet 1.5]
5. combined. Opposite of uncombined.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
6. having constituent parts mixed to form a single unit.
Opposite of unmixed. [Narrower terms: blended[2]]
Syn: amalgamated, intermingled, mixed.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Embed \Em*bed"\ ([e^]m*b[e^]d"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embedded;
p. pr. & vb. n. Embedding.] [Pref. em- + bed. Cf. Imbed.]
To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as,
to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
embedded \embedded\ adj.
1. enclosed or fixed firmly in a surrounding mass; surrounded
on all sides; as, found pebbles embedded in the silt;
stone containing many embedded fossils; as, peach and plum
seeds embedded in a sweet edible pulp. [WordNet sense 1]
Syn: fixed.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole; as,
confused by the embedded Latin quotations; an embedded
subordinate clause. [WordNet sense 2]
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
embedded
adj 1: enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass; "found pebbles
embedded in the silt"; "stone containing many embedded
fossils"; "peach and plum seeds embedded in a sweet
edible pulp"
2: inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole;
"confused by the embedded Latin quotations"; "an embedded
subordinate clause"