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. [ wns=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. [ wns=2 ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]