fix or set securely or deeply“He planted a knee in the back of his opponent”“The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum”Synonyms: implantengraftimbedplant
attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war“The young reporter was embedded with the Third Division”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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]