Embrace
[ɪm'breɪs;em-] or [ɪm'bres]
Definition
(noun.) a close affectionate and protective acceptance; 'his willing embrace of new ideas'; 'in the bosom of the family'.
(noun.) the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection).
(noun.) the state of taking in or encircling; 'an island in the embrace of the sea'.
(verb.) squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness; 'Hug me, please'; 'They embraced'; 'He hugged her close to him'.
(verb.) include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory; 'This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds'; 'this should cover everyone in the group'.
Edited by Jessica--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To fasten on, as armor.
(n.) To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
(n.) To cling to; to cherish; to love.
(n.) To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with cordiality; to welcome.
(n.) To encircle; to encompass; to inclose.
(n.) To include as parts of a whole; to comprehend; to take in; as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences.
(n.) To accept; to undergo; to submit to.
(n.) To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court.
(v. i.) To join in an embrace.
(n.) Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug.
Checker: Millicent
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Clasp (in the arms), hug.[2]. Welcome, seize, accept, lay hold on.[3]. Comprehend, include, cover, contain, comprise, enclose, encompass, encircle, embody, take in.
n. Hug, clasp.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Clasp, comprehend, include, hug, comprise, contain, close, embody, incorporate
ANT:Exclude, reject, except
Checker: Mattie
Definition
v.t. (Spens.) to brace to fasten or bind:—pr.p. embrac′ing; pa.p. embraced′.
v.t. to take in the arms: to press to the bosom with affection: to take eagerly or willingly: to comprise: to admit adopt or receive.—v.i. to join in an embrace.—n. an embracing: fond pressure in the arms.—ns. Embrace′ment; Embrac′er.—adjs. Embrac′ing Embrac′ive.—adv. Embrac′ingly.—n. Embrac′ingness.
Edited by Jonathan
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of embracing your husband or wife, as the case may be, in a sorrowing or indifferent way, denotes that you will have dissensions and accusations in your family, also that sickness is threatened. To embrace relatives, signifies their sickness and unhappiness. For lovers to dream of embracing, foretells quarrels and disagreements arising from infidelity. If these dreams take place under auspicious conditions, the reverse may be expected. If you embrace a stranger, it signifies that you will have an unwelcome guest.
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Examples
- Receive at parting;' here he gave him a southern embrace, and kissed him soundly on both cheeks; 'the word of a gentleman! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- No thought could be admitted of entering to embrace her. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- She only felt in his embrace a dear assurance that while he possessed her, he would not despair. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Such is the sole conjugal embrace I am ever to know--such are the endearments which are to solace my leisure hours! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Dorothea was altogether captivated by the wide embrace of this conception. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The embrace disconcerted the daughter-in-law somewhat, as the caresses of the old gentleman, unshorn and perfumed with tobacco, might well do. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- An arm of the main conflagration had shot out a half mile south of its parent to embrace this tiny strip of road in its implacable clutches. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Good-by, my dear lad, said Justinian, as he embraced the brave poet. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The report from Sheridan embraced his operations up to his passing the outer defences of Richmond. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Amelia opened the case, and giving a little cry of delighted affection, seized the boy and embraced him a hundred times. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He embraced her, solemnly commended her to Heaven, and humbly thanked Heaven for having bestowed her on him. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Little Dorrit thanked her, and embraced her, over and over again; and finally came out of the house with Clennam, and took coach for the Marshalsea. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The field of battle continued to expand until it embraced about seven miles of ground. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They embraced accordingly, and departed on their several roads. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Smith, embracing the mouths of the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers, had been added to my jurisdiction. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Dear Tom,' she answered, rising and embracing him, 'how long it is since you have been to see me! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- He was embracing his sisters, and ogling Miss Rachel, while he honoured me with that testimony of affection. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Jane (bending towards and embracing me), do you mean it now? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Why did she betray the two of them so terribly, in embracing the glow of the evening? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- From first to last Edison has filed in the United States Patent Office--in addition to more than 1400 applications for patents--some 120 caveats embracing not less than 1500 inventions. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Bell's patent of 1876 was of an all-embracing character, which only the make-and-break principle, if practical, could have escaped. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- After a battle, they and the boys soothe and relieve the wounded warriors; also they encourage them with embraces and pleasant words. Plato. The Republic.
- What were his kisses, his embraces. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- You consider my arms filled and my embraces appropriated? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Therefore I cannot doubt that the theory of descent with modification embraces all the members of the same great class or kingdom. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The first embraces such arts and industries, or such apparatus, as have already been treated. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In France--who, knowing me to have been a prisoner in the Bastille, would touch me, except to overwhelm me with embraces, or carry me in triumph. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- William had got into the carriage, released from the embraces of his landlord. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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