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verb put your arms round sb ADV. tightly, warmly He rose from his chair and embraced her warmly. accept sth ADV. fully, genuinely the only party which fully embraces the concept of a united Europe | enthusiastically, wholeheartedly, with enthusiasm She embraced the feminist cause with enthusiasm., noun ADJ. close, passionate, tight, warm the comfort of her warm embrace VERB + EMBRACE be locked in, hold sb in They were locked in a passionate embrace on the station platform. | escape (from), extract yourself from, free yourself from He managed to free himself from her embrace. | release sb from He released her from his embrace. PREP. in an ~ two lovers in a tight embrace | into an ~ He drew her into his embrace.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary