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Displaying affection wildly can be grim
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embracing
Alternative clues for the word embracing
- Adopting eagerly
- Have as one's sphere or territory
- The act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)
- Include as part of something broader
- Take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
- As one heads for Mount Everest when climbing, cold as Skegness?
- Activity at a joyful reunion
- Hug, usually with fondness
Word definitions for embracing in dictionaries
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) [syn: embrace ]
Usage examples of embracing.
Amid handshakings, embracings, good wishes, and kisses, boxes are opened, bonbons are showered forth, parcels are undone, mirth becomes deafening, and good humor tumultuous.
Tityros and godfather Idomeneas soon got away from the embracings and greetings and began whispering together on a corner of the sofa.