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

  • (..) A rebellion has begun. Under whom? A commoner... named William Wallace. You will embrace this rebellion. Support it from our lands in the north. I will gain English favor (..)
    1995 Braveheart
  • (..) (LAUGHS) Yeah, don't laugh. It's awesome. It's about honor, and sacrifice, and bravery, and heroism. It's about embracing your destiny, and leaving a mark on the world. (CHUCKLING) HAZEL: Well, thank you. Wait, your hands are so cold. (..)
    2014 The Fault in Our Stars
  • (..) For honor's sake, for duty's sake, for glory's sake, we march. Look! Persians. Into hell's mouth we march. Let's watch these motherless dogs... ...as they're embraced by the loving arms of Greece herself. Come. True. It does look like rain. Zeus stabs the sky with thunderbolts... (..)
    2006 300