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Definition of embracing :
of Embrace
Synonyms:
composing (part of speech: verb)
constituting, compiling, inventing, embodying, including, fabricating, composing, forming, constructing, combining, making up
caressing (part of speech: adjective)
nuzzling, petting, fondling, cuddling, snuggling, touching, stroking
enclosing (part of speech: verb)
enveloping, fencing, caging, containing, enclosing, confining, encompassing, encircling, corralling, imprisoning, covering, surrounding, trapping, impounding
greeting (part of speech: verb)
hailing, noticing, saluting, approaching, kowtowing, welcoming, signaling, bowing, acknowledging, receiving, waving, curtsying, hugging, accosting, greeting, smiling, shaking hands with, vociferating, nodding, kissing
gripping (part of speech: verb)
grappling, clasping, retaining, gripping, keeping, having, clutching, holding, grasping, adhering, seizing
Usage examples:
- Still let me sleep, embracing clouds in vain; And never wake to feel the day's disdain." - "A History of English Literature Elizabethan Literature", George Saintsbury.
- He gave us a most enthusiastic greeting, embracing the General, and shaking hands with each of us in turn. - "Captain Macklin", Richard Harding Davis.
- Experience has demonstrated that commercial fertilizers or manure become necessary as a supplement to clover in a three years' rotation embracing potatoes. - "Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement", Alva Agee.
