embrace
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3.3
- noun
- /ɪmˈbreɪs/
- After a long time apart, they finally shared a heartfelt embrace at the airport.
- embrace and bonding
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Watch on YouTubeI mean, it was a great, great embrace, great hug, great send off.
- I mean, it was a great, great embrace, great hug, great send off.
- Never does she long for a lover's embrace or for oneness with nature.
- It's an embrace from God, like it's a painless way to go.
- But that sound was so pleasing and so I felt so protected in her embrace, I would say.
Examples
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The passionate embraces of young lovers...
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There's nothing like the embrace of two proud Doyle men.
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Throw yourself into his embrace, okay?
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I would offer you a warm embrace To make you feel my love
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I welcome you to his warm embrace.
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Let us share a last embrace.
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Drew and Ashema are locked in an embrace, their eyes closed.
Fiction book (1991) -
After greeting each of us with an embrace, S'har000 led us through the opening into a tunnel.
Fiction book (1991) -
Instead, she rocked from side to side in the alien embrace of tenderness.
Fiction book (1990) -
Where's my warm embrace?
Synonyms
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1.0
An act of holding someone close to show love or friendship
14
2.1
A warm, close hug with a person or pet to show affection
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1.0
Holding someone close in your arms to feel warm and safe
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3.0
A very strong, tight hold with your arms around someone
1
2.5
A close hug made by putting your arms around someone to show affection
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8.2
A warm hug people give to show affection
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4.7
Holding someone in your arms to show affection
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2.5
A warm welcome you give by opening your arms to hold someone
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Etymology
Embrace comes from em- 'in' and brace 'arm', the same root you see in bracelet. So an embrace is literally taking someone 'in your arms' — a hug.