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We found 29 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word embrace:
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General dictionaries General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. embrace: V2 Vocabulary Building Dictionary [home, info]
  2. embrace: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
  3. embrace: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
  4. embrace: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
  5. Embrace: Wiktionary [home, info]
  6. embrace: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
  7. embrace: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
  8. embrace: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
  9. Embrace, embrace: Dictionary.com [home, info]
  10. embrace: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
  11. embrace: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
  12. embrace: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
  13. Embrace (British band), Embrace (Endorphin album), Embrace (English band), Embrace (U.S. band), Embrace (UK band), Embrace (White Wolf), Embrace (World of Darkness), Embrace (album), Embrace (novel), Embrace (vampire), Embrace, The embrace: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
  14. Embrace: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
  15. embrace: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
  16. embrace: Rhymezone [home, info]
  17. embrace: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
  18. embrace: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
  19. embrace: Free Dictionary [home, info]
  20. embrace: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
  21. embrace: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
  22. embrace: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
  23. embrace: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
  24. embrace: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations [home, info]

Medicine dictionaries Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. embrace: online medical dictionary [home, info]
  2. EMBRACE: ACRONYMS FOR HEALTH INFORMATION RESOURCES [home, info]

Miscellaneous dictionaries Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Embrace: Brilliant Dream Dictionary [home, info]
  2. EMBRACE: Acronym Finder [home, info]

Science dictionaries Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Embrace: Biological Sciences Dictionary [home, info]

Quick definitions (embrace)

noun:  a close affectionate and protective acceptance ("His willing embrace of new ideas")
noun:  the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)
noun:  the state of taking in or encircling ("An island in the embrace of the sea")
verb:  include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
verb:  hug, usually with fondness ("They embraced")
verb:  take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own ("She embraced Catholocism")

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Phrases that include embrace:   embrace reflex, deadly embrace, ceremonial embrace, embrace the storm, embrace the times, more...

Words similar to embrace:   hug, adapt, bosom, comprehend, cover, embraceable, embraced, embracement, embracer, embracing, embracingly, encompass, espouse, squeeze, adopt, clasp, sweep up, more...


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