All 3 Uses
embedded
in
The Alchemist, by Coelho
(Edited)
- But he had thrown it with such force that it broke the stone it fell upon, and there, embedded in the broken stone, was the most beautiful emerald in the world.
p. 26.8embedded = firmly implanted (like a diamond in a ring)
- "Take these," said the old man, holding out a white stone and a black stone that had been embedded at the center of the breastplate.
p. 32.9
- ...he had before him a chest of Spanish gold coins. There were also precious stones, gold masks adorned with red and white feathers, and stone statues embedded with jewels.
p. 170.5 *embedded = implanted (like diamonds in a ring)
Definitions:
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(1)
(embedded) firmly within; or placed withinin various senses, including:
- firmly stuck into -- as a thorn into a finger
- enclosed within -- as a fossil within a rock
- implanted as a part -- sometimes specifically of a reporter
- integrated in hardware -- as of a computer chip
- firmly set within -- as of a character trait
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)