embraces is a form of:
Embrace
verb — past tense: embraced ; past participle: embraced ; present participle: embracing ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) (to hold closely and affectionately in one's arms, to accept eagerly, to encircle, to include, to perceive) កៀក, ថើប, ព័ទ្ធ, embrace a lover អោប, អោបរឹត, embrace a religion កាន់, កាន់យក, (Biology) embraces (several, disciplines) បញ្ចូល, ក្រសោប
Example: When I found her In the crowd, I embraced my mother.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug.
verb — past tense: embraced ; past participle: embraced ; present participle: embracing ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To fasten on, as armor.
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- To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
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- To cling to; to cherish; to love.
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- To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with cordiality; to welcome.
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- To encircle; to encompass; to inclose.
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- To include as parts of a whole; to comprehend; to take in; as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences.
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- To accept; to undergo; to submit to.
- 8.
- To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court.
- 9.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To join in an embrace.
- 1.
- clasp, hug
- 2.
- accept, adopt, espouse, receive, welcome
- 3.
- comprehend, comprise, contain, embody, include, incorporate, subsume
- 1.
- reject, renounce, repudiate, scorn, spurn