embrace

v

1. take into one's arms, hug, squeeze, clasp, press to one's bosom, embosom, enfold; hold in one's arms, caress, cuddle, snuggle, nestle, nuzzle; Sl. clinch, grab, snatch, clutch, grasp, hold onto, grip, cling to.

2. welcome, receive warmly, take in, accept, adopt.

3. avail oneself of, use, make use of, employ; take, grab, grasp, seize, jump at.

4. survey, scan, see, take in, drink in, absorb, understand, comprehend.

5. encircle, surround, encompass, gird, girdle, enclose, hem in; envelop, engulf, enfold, enwrap, wrap, swathe.

6. include, hold, contain, comprise, comprehend, embody, incorporate; cover, deal with, provide for.

n

7. hug, squeeze, clasp, bear hug, tight embrace, Sl. clinch; hold, grasp, grip, clutch, grab, snatch.