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

  • (..) And with him, to leave no rubs nor botches in the work, Fleance, his son that keeps him company, whose absence is no less material to me than is his father's, must embrace the fate of that dark hour. Fly! Fly, Fleance! Fly! (CHANTING) Hail, Macbeth! Hail, Macbeth! Hail, Macbeth! (..)
    2015 Macbeth