EMBRACING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does embracing mean? 

• EMBRACING (noun)
  The noun EMBRACING has 1 sense:

1. the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)

  Familiarity information: EMBRACING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EMBRACING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

embrace; embracement; embracing

Hypernyms ("embracing" is a kind of...):

clasp; clench; clutch; clutches; grasp; grip; hold (the act of grasping)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "embracing"):

cuddle; nestle; snuggle (a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace)

clinch; hug; squeeze (a tight or amorous embrace)

Derivation:

embrace (hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness)

 Context examples 

"Jane" (bending towards and embracing me), "do you mean it now?"

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Jane could have no reserves from Elizabeth, where confidence would give pleasure; and instantly embracing her, acknowledged, with the liveliest emotion, that she was the happiest creature in the world.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

It was as if I had seen her admiringly and tenderly embracing Dora, and tacitly reproving me, by her considerate protection, for my hot haste in fluttering that little heart.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Maria was without ceremony sent away, and Isabella, embracing Catherine, thus began: Yes, my dear Catherine, it is so indeed; your penetration has not deceived you.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Back and forth the bull tossed his great palmated antlers, branching to fourteen points and embracing seven feet within the tips.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Pressure to feel upbeat can make you feel downbeat, while embracing your darker moods can actually make you feel better in the long run.

(Embracing Darker Moods Makes You Feel Better, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

And embracing her very affectionately, Good, gentle Fanny! when I think of this being the last time of seeing you for I do not know how long, I feel it quite impossible to do anything but love you.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Jo, dear, I'm very selfish, but I couldn't spare you, and I'm glad you are not going quite yet, whispered Beth, embracing her, basket and all, with such a clinging touch and loving face that Jo felt comforted in spite of the sharp regret that made her want to box her own ears, and humbly beg Aunt Carrol to burden her with this favor, and see how gratefully she would bear it.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

This, with an iron nerve, a temper of the ice-brook, an indomitable resolution, self-command, and toleration exalted from virtues to blessings, and the kindliest and truest heart that beats—these form his equipment for the noble work that he is doing for mankind—work both in theory and practice, for his views are as wide as his all-embracing sympathy.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

In another second I was embracing and kissing her rapturously: "Bessie! Bessie! Bessie!" that was all I said; whereat she half laughed, half cried, and we both went into the parlour.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)