embrace — OAT

embrace

verb

1 he ran to meet Jacob and embraced him:

hug, take/hold in one's arms, hold, cuddle, clasp to one's bosom, clasp, squeeze, clutch, seize, grab;

nuzzle, caress;

enfold, enclasp, encircle, enclose, envelop, entwine oneself around;

informal canoodle, smooch;

literary embosom.

2 besides traditional methods, artists are embracing new technology:

welcome, accept, receive enthusiastically/wholeheartedly, take up, take to one's heart, welcome/receive with open arms, adopt;

support, be in favor of, back, champion;

formal espouse.

▷antonyms reject.

3 the faculty embraces a wide range of departments:

include, take in, cover, involve, take into account, contain, comprise, incorporate, encompass, encapsulate, embody, subsume, comprehend.

▷antonyms exclude.

noun

they were locked in an embrace:

hug, cuddle, squeeze, clasp, hold, clutch, clinch, nuzzle, caress;

bear hug;

informal necking session.