The term 'embed' is used to describe the action of placing something firmly in a surrounding material or environment. The crossword solutions for this term include FASTEN (6 letters), POSITION (8 letters), INFIX (5 letters), ESTABLISH (9 letters), ENTRENCH (8 letters), ENGRAVE (7 letters), INGRAIN (7 letters), FIX (3 letters), BED (3 letters), ROOT (4 letters), DEPOSIT (7 letters), PUT (3 letters), NEST (4 letters), BURY (4 letters), SET (3 letters), INSERT (6 letters), IMPLANT (7 letters), and INLAY (5 letters). These words all describe different ways of firmly placing something in a material or environment, such as fastening it, positioning it, infixing it, establishing it, entrenching it, engraving it, ingraining it, fixing it, bedding it, rooting it, depositing it, putting it, nesting it, burying it, setting it, inserting it, implanting it, and inlaying it.