Fix or set securely or deeply.

synonyms: embed, engraft, implant, plant.

Roget 215: be supported &c.; lie on, sit on, recline on, lean on, loll on, rest on, stand on, step on, repose on, abut on, bear on, be based on &c.; have at one's back; bestride, bestraddle^†.    support, bear, carry, hold, sustain, shoulder; hold up, back up, bolster up, shore up; uphold, upbear^†; prop; under prop, under pin, under set; riprap; bandage etc. 43.    give support, furnish support, afford support, supply support, lend support, give foundations, furnish foundations, afford foundations, supply foundations, lend foundations; bottom, found, base, ground, imbed, embed.    maintain, keep on foot; aid etc. 707.    ... show more

Roget 221: be inside etc. adj.; within etc. adv.. place within, keep within; inclose etc. (circumscribe) 229; intern; imbed etc. (insert) 300.    ... show more

Roget 300: insert; introduce, intromit; put into, run into; import; inject; interject etc. 298; infuse, instill, inoculate, impregnate, imbue, imbrue.    graft, ingraft^†, bud, plant, implant; dovetail.    obtrude; thrust in, stick in, ram in, stuff in, tuck in, press, in, drive in, pop in, whip in, drop in, put in; impact; empierce^† etc. (make a hole) 260^†.    imbed; immerse, immerge, merge; bathe, soak etc. (water) 337; dip, plunge etc. 310.    bury etc. (inter) 363.    insert itself, lodge itself &c.; plunge in medias res.    ... show more

Roget 184: place, situate, locate, localize, make a place for, put, lay, set, seat, station, lodge, quarter, post, install; house, stow; establish, fix, pin, root; graft; plant etc. (insert) 300; shelve, pitch, camp, lay down, deposit, reposit^†; cradle; moor, tether, picket; pack, tuck in; embed, imbed; vest, invest in.    billet on, quarter upon, saddle with; load, lade, freight; pocket, put up, bag.    inhabit etc. (be present) 186; domesticate, colonize; take root, strike root; anchor; cast anchor, come to an anchor; sit down, settle down; settle; take up one's abode, take up one's quarters; plant oneself, establish oneself, locate oneself; squat, perch, hive, se nicher [Fr.], bivouac, burrow, get a footing; encamp, pitch one's tent; put up at, put up one's horses at; keep house.    endenizen^†, naturalize, adopt.    put back, replace etc. (restore) 660.    ... show more