embrace | (noun) the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) | Synonyms: embracement, embracing |
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(noun) a close affectionate and protective acceptance | Synonyms: bosom |
(noun) the state of taking in or encircling | - |
(verb) take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own | Synonyms: adopt, espouse, sweep up |
(verb) hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness | Synonyms: bosom, hug, squeeze |
(verb) include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory | Synonyms: comprehend, cover, encompass |
embracement | (noun) the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) | Synonyms: embrace, embracing |
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embracing | (noun) the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) | Synonyms: embrace, embracement |
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embrangle | (verb) make more complicated or confused through entanglements | Synonyms: snarl, snarl up |
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embrasure | (noun) an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through | Synonyms: port, porthole |
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embrittle | (verb) make brittle | - |
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embrocate | (verb) administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing | Synonyms: anele, anoint, inunct, oil |
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embrocation | (noun) a medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain | Synonyms: liniment |
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embroider | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, lard, pad |
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(verb) decorate with needlework | Synonyms: broider |
embroiderer | (noun) someone who ornaments with needlework | - |
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embroideress | (noun) a woman embroiderer | - |
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embroidery | (noun) decorative needlework | Synonyms: fancywork |
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(noun) elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail | Synonyms: embellishment |
embroil | (verb) force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action | Synonyms: drag, drag in, sweep, sweep up, tangle |
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embroiled | (adjective) deeply involved especially in something complicated | Synonyms: entangled |
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embroilment | (noun) an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation | Synonyms: imbroglio |
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embrown | (verb) make brown in color | Synonyms: brown |
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(verb) cause to darken | - |
embryo | (noun) an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life | Synonyms: conceptus, fertilized egg |
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(noun) (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium | - |
embryologic | (adjective) of an organism prior to birth or hatching | Synonyms: embryonal, embryonic |
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embryologist | (noun) a physician who specializes in embryology | - |
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embryology | (noun) the branch of biology that studies the formation and early development of living organisms | - |
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embryonal | (adjective) of an organism prior to birth or hatching | Synonyms: embryologic, embryonic |
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embryonic | (adjective) in an early stage of development | Synonyms: embryotic |
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(adjective) of an organism prior to birth or hatching | Synonyms: embryologic, embryonal |
embryotic | (adjective) in an early stage of development | Synonyms: embryonic |
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