--- title: E — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 11 description: The 819 words of the English dictionary under E, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / E # E — The English dictionary · page 11 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) … [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/10/) **11** [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/12/) … [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/42/) **eloquence** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The skill of speaking or writing well in a way that moves people.[↗](../../eloquence/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He spoke with great eloquence.[↗](../../eloquence/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her eloquence won the vote.[↗](../../eloquence/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The gift of eloquence made her a fine speaker.[↗](../../eloquence/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **eloquent** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Able to speak or write well, clearly and movingly, so that people are persuaded or touched.[↗](../../eloquent/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of a look, silence or gesture) Showing a feeling clearly without words.[↗](../../eloquent/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Martin Luther King gave eloquent speeches about freedom.[↗](../../eloquent/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class captain made an eloquent speech at assembly.[↗](../../eloquent/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her silence was more eloquent than any words.[↗](../../eloquent/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Water Rat spoke eloquently about the joys of the river.[↗](../../eloquent/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog gave me an eloquent look at its empty bowl.[↗](../../eloquent/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She wrote an eloquent letter to the council about saving the library.[↗](../../eloquent/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · You don't need long words to be eloquent; you need clear ones.[↗](../../eloquent/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · His eyes were quite eloquent, and his words possessed a magic power; he offered her his hand, and she was obliged to follow him.[↗](../../eloquent/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **elsewhere** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In or to another place, somewhere else.[↗](../../elsewhere/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The shop was closed, so we went elsewhere.[↗](../../elsewhere/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My keys aren't here; they must be elsewhere.[↗](../../elsewhere/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It rained in our town but was sunny elsewhere.[↗](../../elsewhere/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · If the bench is wet, sit elsewhere.[↗](../../elsewhere/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Meanwhile, elsewhere in the forest, the wolf was waiting.[↗](../../elsewhere/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The rest of the class is elsewhere in the school.[↗](../../elsewhere/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If they were not dead, they had flown elsewhere.[↗](../../elsewhere/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Elsewhere in the SY, the ‘tongue’ (or ‘wedge’) appears as the symbol of a central balance between two extremities, e.g. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../elsewhere/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Instead, the SY may be intimating a twofold pronunciation of Resh known among certain mediveal Jewish communities in Babylonia and elsewhere, which does indeed preserve a distinguish between ‘single’ Resh and ‘double’ Resh.[↗](../../elsewhere/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../elsewhere/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **elucidation** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* An explanation that makes something clear.[↗](../../elucidation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **elude** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To escape from someone or something by being clever or fast, so they cannot catch or find you.[↗](../../elude/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The quail always eluded the falcon.[↗](../../elude/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The thief eluded the police for a week.[↗](../../elude/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Thetis changed her shape to elude Peleus.[↗](../../elude/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The answer eluded me.[↗](../../elude/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **elul** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The sixth month of the Hebrew calendar, around August and September.[↗](../../elul/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.[↗](../../elul/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.6.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../elul/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **elysium** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A place of perfect peace and happiness, a heavenly land where good people are sent after death (old use in myths).[↗](../../elysium/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They were sent to Elysium after death.[↗](../../elysium/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The garden was like Elysium.[↗](../../elysium/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The quiet valley seemed a little Elysium.[↗](../../elysium/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **em** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (slang, informal) A spoken short form of "them", often written 'em.[↗](../../em/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK, Ireland) A sound people make when they pause or are unsure, like "um" or "erm".[↗](../../em/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (printing) A unit of width equal to the size of the type; an em dash is a long dash.[↗](../../em/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Pick 'em up and put 'em away.[↗](../../em/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · "What's the answer?" "[↗](../../em/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") Em...[↗](../../em/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") I think it's 24."[↗](../../em/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Let 'em play outside for a bit.[↗](../../em/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I've got two sweets left, do you want 'em?[↗](../../em/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Em, sorry, I forgot my homework.[↗](../../em/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Use an em dash — like this — to add an aside.[↗](../../em/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “Not one of 'em,” says she.[↗](../../em/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · However, this is grammatically peculiar, as immot is usually only the construct plural of אֵם em 'mother', whose absolute plural is rather אִמָּהוֹת immahot.[↗](../../em/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../em/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **email** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An email is a message sent from one computer or phone to another over the internet.[↗](../../email/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Email is the system for sending such messages.[↗](../../email/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To email is to send an email.[↗](../../email/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Jack received 6 emails in the morning.[↗](../../email/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He got 3 emails in the afternoon.[↗](../../email/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many emails did he get in the day?[↗](../../email/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many more emails in the morning than in the evening?[↗](../../email/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I emailed my teacher my project.[↗](../../email/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Gran sends me an email every week.[↗](../../email/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Check the email address before you press send.[↗](../../email/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Never open an email from someone you don't know.[↗](../../email/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **emanate** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* To flow out or come forth from a source, like light from the sun.[↗](../../emanate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* 3) Primitive water emanated from the air.[↗](../../emanate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../emanate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 4) Fire or ether emanated from the water.[↗](../../emanate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../emanate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Magnificence, which emanate from its own proper essence.[↗](../../emanate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../emanate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **emanation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Something that comes out from a source, such as a light, a smell or a spirit.[↗](../../emanation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This child was an emanation of the god.[↗](../../emanation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sweet smell was an emanation from the flowers.[↗](../../emanation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Heat is an emanation from the fire.[↗](../../emanation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · These are the ten emanations of number.[↗](../../emanation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../emanation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He endeavors to show how the ideal became, after numerous emanations, more condensed, palpable and concrete.[↗](../../emanation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../emanation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our author endeavors to show the gradual emanation of all things from God, which were completely finished in ten spheres.[↗](../../emanation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../emanation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **emancipated** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Freed from slavery.[↗](../../emancipated/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Freed from rules, control or limits that kept someone down, such as old rules about what women could do.[↗](../../emancipated/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (law) Of a young person: legally free from their parents' control before adulthood (rare).[↗](../../emancipated/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Millions of enslaved people were emancipated in the USA in the 1860s.[↗](../../emancipated/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The emancipated workers built their own schools and churches.[↗](../../emancipated/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863.[↗](../../emancipated/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Women felt more emancipated after they won the right to vote.[↗](../../emancipated/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The emancipated slaves celebrated with songs of freedom.[↗](../../emancipated/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our history lesson was about how the slaves were emancipated in the British colonies.[↗](../../emancipated/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **emancipation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Being set free from slavery or from strict control by others.[↗](../../emancipation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Getting equal rights and freedoms, for example for women or a group of people.[↗](../../emancipation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Emancipation Proclamation was signed by Abraham Lincoln in 1863.[↗](../../emancipation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Emancipation meant that enslaved people were free.[↗](../../emancipation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The fight for women's emancipation included the right to vote.[↗](../../emancipation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Many people celebrate Emancipation Day.[↗](../../emancipation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Frederick Douglass spoke out for emancipation.[↗](../../emancipation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Catholic emancipation in Britain and Ireland came in 1829.[↗](../../emancipation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **embalm** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To embalm a dead body is to treat it with special chemicals or salts so it does not rot quickly.[↗](../../embalm/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In ancient Egypt, embalming was part of making a mummy.[↗](../../embalm/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The ancient Egyptians embalmed their kings and queens.[↗](../../embalm/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Embalming a pharaoh took about seventy days.[↗](../../embalm/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They used natron salt to dry out the body before embalming it.[↗](../../embalm/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum showed tools used to embalm mummies.[↗](../../embalm/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some families choose to have a loved one embalmed before the funeral.[↗](../../embalm/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The embalmers wrapped the body in linen.[↗](../../embalm/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He is wrapped in yellow linen, and embalmed with spices.[↗](../../embalm/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father.[↗](../../embalm/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.50.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../embalm/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.[↗](../../embalm/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.50.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../embalm/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming.[↗](../../embalm/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.50.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../embalm/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **embankment** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A long bank of earth or stone built to carry a road or railway, or to stop a river from flooding.[↗](../../embankment/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A raised wall or path along a river, such as the Thames Embankment in London.[↗](../../embankment/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The train ran along a high embankment.[↗](../../embankment/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The river burst over the embankment in the flood.[↗](../../embankment/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We walked along the Thames Embankment in London.[↗](../../embankment/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Workers built an embankment to protect the town.[↗](../../embankment/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Never play on the railway embankment.[↗](../../embankment/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grass and wild flowers grew on the steep embankment.[↗](../../embankment/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · After a time she re-appeared as a bamboo growing on the embankment of the tank in which she had been drowned.[↗](../../embankment/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **embark** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To embark is to go on board a ship or aircraft to start a journey.[↗](../../embark/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (embark on) To embark on something is to start something new and big, such as a long task or quest.[↗](../../embark/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sailors embark at dawn.[↗](../../embark/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We embarked on the ferry to the island.[↗](../../embark/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She embarked on a long journey to find her brother.[↗](../../embark/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The appearance of this root in the SY’s introductory paragraph serves as a reminder that although we embark upon a text rich in vivid, grounded symbolism—even anthropomorphism—we should not hasten to take such symbolic language overly literally.[↗](../../embark/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../embark/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **embarrass** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To embarrass someone means to make them feel shy, silly or uncomfortable in front of others.[↗](../../embarrass/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To be embarrassed means to feel that way.[↗](../../embarrass/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Please don't embarrass me in front of my friends\![↗](../../embarrass/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He was embarrassed when he called the teacher «Mum».[↗](../../embarrass/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I felt embarrassed about my messy room.[↗](../../embarrass/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad embarrasses me when he dances.[↗](../../embarrass/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She was too embarrassed to ask for help.[↗](../../embarrass/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be embarrassed — everyone makes mistakes.[↗](../../embarrass/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They embarrassed him by laughing at his drawing.[↗](../../embarrass/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I was embarrassed that I forgot her name.[↗](../../embarrass/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **embarrassed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Feeling shy, awkward or a bit ashamed because of something you did or something that happened in front of other people, often with a red face.[↗](../../embarrassed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Past of «embarrass»: made someone feel this way.[↗](../../embarrassed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I was embarrassed when I tripped on the stage.[↗](../../embarrassed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He felt embarrassed about his answer, but the teacher said it was a good try.[↗](../../embarrassed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She went red and looked embarrassed.[↗](../../embarrassed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't laugh at people when they're embarrassed.[↗](../../embarrassed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum embarrassed me by singing loudly in the shop.[↗](../../embarrassed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm too embarrassed to ask for help.[↗](../../embarrassed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone feels embarrassed sometimes — it passes.[↗](../../embarrassed/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘No, I can’t say I do,’ replied the King, somewhat embarrassed.[↗](../../embarrassed/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **embarrassing** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Embarrassing describes something that makes you feel shy, silly or uncomfortable in front of other people.[↗](../../embarrassing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It was embarrassing when I slipped in the lunch hall.[↗](../../embarrassing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · How embarrassing — I wore odd socks\![↗](../../embarrassing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum told an embarrassing story about me as a baby.[↗](../../embarrassing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't share embarrassing photos of friends online.[↗](../../embarrassing/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My most embarrassing moment was forgetting my lines.[↗](../../embarrassing/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It's embarrassing to sing in front of the class.[↗](../../embarrassing/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · That was embarrassing for the whole team.[↗](../../embarrassing/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Forgetting someone's name can be embarrassing.[↗](../../embarrassing/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The king's offer was naturally rather embarrassing to the Princess Badoura.[↗](../../embarrassing/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **embarrassment** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A feeling of being shy, silly or uncomfortable because of something you did or something that happened in front of others.[↗](../../embarrassment/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person or thing that makes you feel this way.[↗](../../embarrassment/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My face went red with embarrassment.[↗](../../embarrassment/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · To my embarrassment, I called my teacher «Mum».[↗](../../embarrassment/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She hid her embarrassment by laughing.[↗](../../embarrassment/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't tease people to cause them embarrassment.[↗](../../embarrassment/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Embarrassment is a feeling that soon goes away.[↗](../../embarrassment/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The burst ball was an embarrassment for the team.[↗](../../embarrassment/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · By this time the princess had recovered from the first embarrassment of meeting, and proceeded to make her speech of welcome.[↗](../../embarrassment/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Nonetheless, English translators have usually shied away from the this-worldly symbolism of the ‘Holy Wind’, much preferring immaterial ‘Spirit’ either out of theological embarrassment or deference to tradition.[↗](../../embarrassment/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../embarrassment/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **embassy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An embassy is the official building in a foreign country where an ambassador and their staff work to represent their own country.[↗](../../embassy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An embassy is also the group of people who work there.[↗](../../embassy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An embassy can also mean an important journey or mission on which a person is sent to speak for their country or ruler.[↗](../../embassy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Ukrainian Embassy is in London.[↗](../../embassy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt got her visa at the embassy.[↗](../../embassy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · If you lose your passport abroad, go to your embassy.[↗](../../embassy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Guards stood outside the embassy gates.[↗](../../embassy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The ambassador works in the embassy.[↗](../../embassy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I am travelling on a secret embassy, but you must not ask me any questions, for I cannot betray my secret."[↗](../../embassy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **embedded** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Embedded means fixed firmly inside something else, like a stone stuck in mud.[↗](../../embedded/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (grammar) An embedded clause is a part of a sentence put inside the main sentence, usually between commas.[↗](../../embedded/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (computers) An embedded video or picture is placed inside a web page.[↗](../../embedded/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* An embedded journalist travels with soldiers to report.[↗](../../embedded/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The fossil was embedded in the rock.[↗](../../embedded/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A splinter was embedded in my finger.[↗](../../embedded/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Add an embedded clause to your sentence: The cat, who was hungry, meowed.[↗](../../embedded/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher embedded a video in the slides.[↗](../../embedded/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The ring was embedded with tiny diamonds.[↗](../../embedded/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Kindness is embedded in our school rules.[↗](../../embedded/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Observing it to be much swollen and inflamed, he examined it and found a large thorn embedded in the ball of the foot.[↗](../../embedded/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **embellish** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To make something more beautiful by adding decorations.[↗](../../embellish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To add extra details to a story to make it more exciting, often ones that are not true.[↗](../../embellish/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We embellished our cards with glitter and stars.[↗](../../embellish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The queen's dress was embellished with pearls.[↗](../../embellish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa likes to embellish his fishing stories.[↗](../../embellish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't embellish the facts in a news report.[↗](../../embellish/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She embellished her poem with lovely describing words.[↗](../../embellish/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The book cover was embellished with gold letters.[↗](../../embellish/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ember** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An ember is a small piece of wood or coal that is still glowing hot after a fire has died down.[↗](../../ember/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The embers of the campfire glowed orange.[↗](../../ember/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Pour water on the embers before you leave.[↗](../../ember/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Wind can blow embers far and start a bushfire.[↗](../../ember/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We toasted marshmallows over the hot embers.[↗](../../ember/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The last embers faded in the fireplace.[↗](../../ember/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Never walk barefoot near embers.[↗](../../ember/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · From a neighbor's fire she brought hither a red, red ember.[↗](../../ember/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) … [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/10/) **11** [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/12/) … [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/42/) - ← previous: [page 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/10/) - next →: [page 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/12/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)