Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Comprehensive; through.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
embrace .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word embracing.
Examples
-
He mentioned that he was particularly glad that I had used the term "embracing" in the title, and enthusiastically agreed that we need not just a political settlement but open-hearted reconciliation based on acknowledgment that both Israel and Palestine have legitimate narratives and both communities have co-created the current mess.
Rabbi Michael Lerner: Being With the Dalai Lama Rabbi Michael Lerner 2011
-
(_Philippians_, pp. 171-178) has shewn with great fulness of proof that 'the household of Caesar' was a term embracing a vast number of persons, not only in Rome but in the provinces, all of whom were either actual or former slaves of the
Philippian Studies Lessons in Faith and Love from St. Paul's Epistle to the Philippians 1880
-
Dr. Lazarus, the chief of the medical department, tells us that the "river people," a term embracing those who own the temples on the stream -- just as we would say the "steel rail" or the "pig metal" people at home -- are very much depressed, complaining bitterly that the revenues have fallen away.
Round the World Andrew Carnegie 1877
-
He was widely regarded as "plouc" - a term embracing both provincial ignorance and flashy new wealth, describing someone who does not understand the social codes.
NYT > Global Home 2009
-
-- for "pleasure" may be used as a term embracing the first four answers.
Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" Edward Fordham Spence 1896
-
The question kind of made me smile because it sounds a little bit like a hokey question, but I think there is a lot of truth in embracing whatever strength that we've been given as an artist and owning that.
Mike Ragogna: Motown & The Hitmen : Conversations with Smokey Robinson, Jimmy Ryan, and Sarah Sample Mike Ragogna 2010
-
There will be no point in embracing blogging and web 2.0 unless you can show some positive benefits for your business.
-
The question kind of made me smile because it sounds a little bit like a hokey question, but I think there is a lot of truth in embracing whatever strength that we've been given as an artist and owning that.
Mike Ragogna: Motown & The Hitmen : Conversations with Smokey Robinson, Jimmy Ryan, and Sarah Sample Mike Ragogna 2010
-
The question kind of made me smile because it sounds a little bit like a hokey question, but I think there is a lot of truth in embracing whatever strength that we've been given as an artist and owning that.
Mike Ragogna: Motown & The Hitmen : Conversations with Smokey Robinson, Jimmy Ryan, and Sarah Sample Mike Ragogna 2010
-
The question kind of made me smile because it sounds a little bit like a hokey question, but I think there is a lot of truth in embracing whatever strength that we've been given as an artist and owning that.
Mike Ragogna: Motown & The Hitmen : Conversations with Smokey Robinson, Jimmy Ryan, and Sarah Sample Mike Ragogna 2010
GHibbs commented on the word embracing
My adjectival use: 'The child rushed into her mother's embracing arms.'
August 22, 2011