imbed
/ɪmbˈɛd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Alternative spelling of embed.
Example Sentences
- "The curse of the steam-boat is upon the lovely river; but some of the villas, imbedded in their own old trees—surrounded by turf the fairy queen might tread—girdled with every variety of flowery shrub—I do not quite say I could spend the whole day there, but I could have a luxurious breakfast—one ought to indulge in natural tastes of a morning."
- "To the man himself [Samuel Taylor Coleridge] Nature had given, in high measure, the seeds of a noble endowment; […] but imbedded in such weak laxity of character, in such indolences and esuriences as had made strange work with it."
- "A piece of marigold or bay leaf was imbedded in the metal, and over it a carbuncle or chrysolite was placed."