embrace

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛmˈbreɪs/ or /ɪmˈbreɪs/

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• Hyphenation: em‧brace

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) embrace

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) embraces

Past tense (ya wuce) embraced

Past participle (ya wuce) embraced

Present participle (ana cikin yi) embracing

Friends embrace one another in Madagascar

1. If you embrace someone, you hold them closely in your arms with love. <> rungumi/runguma, karɓa
   • Synonym: hug
2. (transitive, also figuratively) To encircle; to enclose, to encompass. <> zagaye, gane.
   • Synonyms: entwine and surround