Adjacent Words

Imbed definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IMBED', v.t. [in and bed.] To sink or lay in a bed; to place in a mass of earth, sand or other substance, so as to be partly inclosed.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: 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, imbed, plant]

Merriam Webster's

variant of embed

Oxford Reference Dictionary

var. of EMBED.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Moby Thesaurus

bed, bed in, comprise, confirm, contain, deep-dye, define, embed, enclose, enfold, engraft, engrave, entrench, establish, etch, fix, found, ground, impact, implant, impress, imprint, include, infix, ingrain, inlay, inscribe, inset, internalize, jam, keep within, lodge, pack, plant, print, put in, root, seat, set, set in, settle, stamp, stereotype, surround, wedge