embracing
emb ray sing
- n the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)
- v include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
- v squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
- v take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
- She has used her own weight gain, the easy target of misogynist tabloids, as a teachable moment to confront the culture and speak out to girls and young women about embracing .
- The high school has done perhaps too good a job of embracing young mothers.
- People like me--the descendants of immigrants, whether Arab, black or Asian--are turning to our roots and embracing our heritage, just the opposite of what our parents did when .