embrace

Definition

  • verb: to hold someone in your arms as a way of expressing love or friendship
  • verb: to clasp in the arms
  • usually used as '(be) embraced'
  • synonyms: hug, inclose, clasp

Examples

  • She gladly/eagerly 'embraced' [='welcomed'] the opportunity/chance to study abroad.

  • These ideas have been (widely) 'embraced' by a the scientific community.

  • They 'embraced' one last time before going their separate ways.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) helpled shaped the New World Order... following the Second World War. As we devise a way forward in Iraq, I urge the international community to embrace its responsibility... for creating that New World Order, A New World Order based upon collective action. The Transatlantic Partnership... (..)
    2009 Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup