All 3 Uses of
embedded
in
The Shack
- The gash on the back of his head was oozing around a few small pebbles still embedded in his scalp.†
Chpt 1. *embedded = firmly within; or placed firmly within
- Although she was still difficult to look at directly, he could now make out symmetry and colors embedded within patterns, as if miniature diamonds, rubies, and sapphires of all colors had been sewn into a garment of light, which moved first in waves and then scattered as particulate.†
Chpt 15.
- They were taller flames, seeming to blow with the wind currents, and were a similar sapphire and aqua blue, with unique bits of other colors embedded in each one.†
Chpt 15.
Definition:
firmly within; or placed within
in 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