- embrace
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ close, strong, tight, warm▪
the comfort of her warm embrace
▪ comforting, gentle, loving, sweet, tender▪ passionate▪ friendly, protective▪ long, quickVERB + EMBRACE▪ be locked in, hold sb in▪They were locked in a passionate embrace on the station platform.
▪ tighten▪He closed his eyes and tightened his embrace.
▪ feel▪She would give anything just to feel his warm embrace again.
▪ share▪The two friends shared one last embrace.
▪ accept▪She accepted his warm embrace.
▪ return (esp. AmE)▪He returned the embrace for a moment.
▪ escape, escape from, free yourself from▪He managed to free himself from her embrace.
▪ release sb from▪He released her from his embrace.
PREPOSITION▪ in an embrace▪two lovers in a tight embrace
▪ into an embrace▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}He drew her into his embrace.
verb1 put your arms around sbADVERB▪ tightly, warmly▪He rose from his chair and embraced her warmly.
▪ gently, passionately2 accept sthADVERB▪ genuinely, really, truly▪the only party which fully embraces the concept of democracy
▪ completely, fully▪ widely (esp. AmE)▪Soccer has become more widely embraced by Americans.
▪ eagerly, enthusiastically, happily, passionately, readily, warmly, wholeheartedly, with enthusiasm▪She embraced the feminist cause with enthusiasm.
▪ increasingly▪ openly, publicly
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
