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incastrare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • embed verb To lay (something) as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed.
  • frame noun A rigid structure that supports or surrounds something, such as a picture, window, or building.
  • tuck verb To push, fold, or fit the loose edge of something neatly into place.
  • wedge noun A piece of material, thick at one end and tapering to a thin edge, used to split, tighten, or lever things apart.

Senses

incastrare is used for these senses in English:

  • embed (transitive) To lay (something) as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed.
  • frame (transitive, obsolete) To cause; to bring about; to produce.
  • tuck (ergative) To fit neatly.
  • wedge (ambitransitive) To force into a narrow gap.

embed — full definition

  1. verb To lay (something) as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed.
  2. verb To include (something) in surrounding matter.
  3. verb To encapsulate within another document or data file.
  4. verb To define a one-to-one function from one set to another so that certain properties of the domain are preserved when considering the image as a subset of the codomain.

frame — full definition

  1. noun A rigid structure that supports or surrounds something, such as a picture, window, or building.
  2. verb To put a border or support structure around something.
  3. verb To present or word something in a particular way to shape how it is understood.
  4. verb To falsely make someone appear guilty of a crime they didn't commit.

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