Getting up in arms?

• Adopting eagerly
• As one heads for Mount Everest when climbing, cold as Skegness?
• Take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
• Include as part of something broader
• Displaying affection wildly can be grim
• Activity at a joyful reunion

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act of giving an embrace. vb. (present participle of embrace English)

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) [syn: embrace ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Embrace \Em*brace"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embraced ([e^]m*br[=a]st"); p. pr. & vb. n. Embracing ([e^]m*br[=a]"s[i^]ng).] [OE. embracier, F. embrasser; pref. em- (L. in) + F. bras arm. See Brace , n.] To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; ...