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Synonyms for embrace
ɛmˈbreɪsem·brace
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
embrace
To caress is less than to embrace; more dignified and less familiar than to fondle. A visitor caresses a friend's child; a mother fondles her babe. Fondling is always by touch; caressing may be also by words, or other tender and pleasing attentions.
See synonyms for AFFRONT.
Synonyms:
caress, coddle, court, flatter, fondle, kiss, pamper, petPreposition:
Caressed by or with the hand; caressed by admirers, at court.
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Princeton's WordNet
embrace, embracing, embracementnoun
the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)
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embracement, bosom, embracingembracenoun
the state of taking in or encircling
"an island in the embrace of the sea"
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embracement, bosom, embracingembrace, bosomverb
a close affectionate and protective acceptance
"his willing embrace of new ideas"; "in the bosom of the family"
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heart, bosom, boob, knocker, embracement, tit, embracing, titty, breastembrace, encompass, comprehend, coververb
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"
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wrap up, compass, get over, hug, insure, plow, espouse, enshroud, dig, compensate, breed, encompass, shroud, continue, sweep up, treat, hatch, adopt, report, extend, cut across, brood, squeeze, deal, grasp, incubate, underwrite, overcompensate, address, spread over, hide, get the picture, traverse, apprehend, pass over, bosom, comprehend, handle, perceive, overlay, cover, savvy, cross, cut through, grok, get across, cover up, trackembrace, hug, bosom, squeezeverb
squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
"Hug me, please"; "They embraced"; "He hugged her close to him"
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hug, twitch, espouse, rack, pressure, encompass, thrust, press, gouge, sweep up, adopt, force, shove, twinge, compress, tweet, contract, compact, extort, stuff, squeeze, squash, bosom, pinch, wring, hale, mash, coerce, comprehend, cover, wedge, squelch, constrict, crushespouse, embrace, adopt, sweep upverb
take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
"She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"
Synonyms:
adopt, hook up with, acquire, marry, sweep, cover, get hitched with, dramatize, wed, hug, take up, comprehend, assume, get married, embroil, take in, encompass, follow, squeeze, sweep up, conjoin, bosom, take, take over, dramatise, drag in, borrow, espouse, take on, drag, tangle
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How to use embrace in a sentence?
We’re speaking to teens, not speaking to adults here, we hope that teens will embrace this messaging, will share it and create their own.
In order to be the person you want to be, you must embrace the experiences that have shaped you,and welcome the challenges that face you .
It’s survival, you can either retire and disappear. Or you can embrace the opportunities that you're given by the gift of life in the first place.
The true, strong, and sound mind is the mind that can embrace equally great things and small.
Fiat Chrysler's pattern of poor performance put millions of its customers and the driving public at risk, this action will provide relief to owners of defective vehicles, will help improve recall performance throughout the auto industry, and gives Fiat Chrysler the opportunity to embrace a proactive safety culture.
Translations for embrace
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- omhelsAfrikaans
- تعانق, احتضنArabic
- прегръдка, прегръщамBulgarian
- abraçar, abraçadaCatalan, Valencian
- obejmout, objetíCzech
- Umarmung, umarmen, annehmenGerman
- ασπάζομαιGreek
- abrazo, abrazarSpanish
- در آغوش گرفتن, پذیرفتنPersian
- omaksua, halata, syleilläFinnish
- embrasser, étreindre, embrassade, embrassement, accolade, étreinteFrench
- cuachIrish
- ioma-ghlacadh, ioma-ghlacScottish Gaelic
- आलिंगनHindi
- olelésHungarian
- փարվելArmenian
- merangkulIndonesian
- לְחַבֵּקHebrew
- 抱くJapanese
- ეხუტება, ჩახუტებაGeorgian
- 포옹Korean
- complexus, amplecti,, amplectorLatin
- knuffelen, omhelzen, knuffel, omarming, omhelzing, omarmenDutch
- objęcie, obejmować, uścisk, uściskać, objąćPolish
- abraço, abraçarPortuguese
- marq'ayQuechua
- îmbrățișare, îmbrățișaRomanian
- объя́тие, обнима́ть, обня́ть, объя́тияRussian
- omfamna, kram, omfamning, kramaSwedish
- ఆలింగనముTelugu
- โอบกอดThai
- sarılmakTurkish
- گلے لگاناUrdu
- ôm hônVietnamese
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