(n.) To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
(n.) To cling to; to cherish; to love.
(n.) To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with cordiality; to welcome.
(n.) To encircle; to encompass; to inclose.
(n.) To include as parts of a whole; to comprehend; to take in; as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences.
(n.) To accept; to undergo; to submit to.
(n.) To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court.
(v. i.) To join in an embrace.
(n.) Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug.
Example Sentences:
(1) The new Somali government has enthusiastically embraced the new deal and created a taskforce, bringing together the government, lead donors (the US, UK, EU, Norway and Denmark), the World Bank and civil society.
(2) To become president of Afghanistan , Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai changed his wardrobe and modified his name, gave up coffee, embraced a man he once denounced as a “known killer” and even toyed with anger management classes to tame a notorious temper.
(3) Republicans embraced it as a counter to federal school initiatives.
(4) Greece sincerely had no intention of clashing with its partners, Varoufakis insisted, but the logic of austerity was such that policies conducted in its embrace could only fail.
(5) IDCs sometimes embraced or contacted lymphocytes, suggesting their role in the differentiation of the latter cells.
(6) After bone-union the embracing ring device was removed in conjunction with external lotion and active exercises.
(7) Slaven Bilic must show West Ham he is more than a rock star manager | Aleksandar Holiga Read more For Sullivan and co, however, it is a nightmare they are embracing, one which has provided a shot at European football and the opportunity for Bilic to begin with an immediate feelgood run.
(8) We are not doing it as loudly, we're not embracing it quite as much, but the fact of the matter is we do need a much more stimulative fiscal policy."
(9) The indications were initially restrictive but now embrace the quasi-totality of gallstones, complicated or not, and in particular when the patient's general condition is fragile.
(10) At birth, most cochlear neurons displayed peripheral arbors that embraced both inner and outer hair cell receptors.
(11) The bi-annual Leonard Cohen Event was initially hosted during Cohen’s silent period when the singer embraced Buddhism and entered the Mount Baldy Zen Centre to live in seclusion as a Rinzai monk.
(12) Blowing up the flats will on the one hand "serve as an unforgettable statement of how Glasgow is confidently embracing the future and changing for the better", while on the other it will "serve as a respectful recognition and celebration of the role the Red Road flats have played in shaping the lives of thousands of city families for whom these flats have simply been home … " According to David Zolkwer, who as the games' artistic director may have had the idea, the demolition will be "a bold and confident statement that says: 'Bring on the future'."
(13) These processes are structurally stable rearrangements of tissue morphology and are spread in the tissue as a wave embracing more and more cells.
(14) So, if the Fed is afraid that the fiscal cliff may cause a disruption so big that even the Fed's all-encompassing embrace of the markets can't fix it, then it's Chairman Bernanke's word – and not that of Congress – that carries the most weight.
(15) Trump, embracing the spirit of the “lock her up” mob chants at his rallies, threatened: “If I win I am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation – there has never been so many lies and so much deception,” he threatened.
(16) It represents a temporary drop in traditionally defined living standards, in exchange for a more equitable and sustainable future – a concept that our grandparents' generation embraced, as they endured rationing but also produced the NHS, social housing and social security.
(17) It was on that occasion that then-opposition leader Tony Abbott said , “we have never fully made peace with the first Australians ... we need to atone for the omissions and for the hardness of heart of our forbears to enable us all to embrace the future as a united people”.
(18) It will highlight the importance of our sport embracing innovation and change as we move forward.
(19) Attempts at such prevention inevitably also embrace prevention of the extraosseous consequences of autonomous hyperparathyroidism, such as the effects of hypercalcaemia, need for parathyroid surgery, and, perhaps, toxic effects of the parathyroid hormone.
(20) For Davutoglu, this ambition entails a "comprehensive" approach embracing enhanced economic, cultural and social ties as well as political and security relations.
Embrasure
Definition:
(n.) An embrace.
(n.) A splay of a door or window.
(n.) An aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged; a crenelle. See Illust. of Casemate.
Example Sentences:
(1) The correction or improvement of incisal guidance, incisal planes, root proximity, and embrasure spaces will enhance long-term stability and successful prognoses.
(2) This was a parallel stratified study which examined the effect on gingival health of a new floss holder and applicator, designed to deliver a 25 microliters dose of 0.1% chlorhexidine solution to each interdental embrasure during the flossing procedure.
(3) At three positions equidistant around the periphery of the egg, narrow, tongue-shaped extensions (the embrasures) from the anterior hydrophilic region project posteriorly into the hydrophobic region.
(4) The finish of the opposite embrasure margin and of the gingival margin was imperfect, regardless of the instrument used.
(5) A properly designed and positioned connector area should allow separation of the units by permitting the development of natural appearing labial embrasures.
(6) The lingual embrasure spaces are usually wider than on the buccal, and with adequate reduction of the mylohyoid ridge, greater access for oral hygiene procedures is provided.
(7) Key factors such as margin placement, tissue damage during tooth preparation, the role of the provisional restoration, tissue injury during impression procedures, crown contour, pontic design, and embrasure design are covered in detail.
(8) Cure-Thru reflective wedges were placed in the gingival embrasure of half of the specimens.
(9) In a closed row of teeth, an adequate finish was obtained at the embrasure margin where the burs rotated toward the tooth surface and into the cavity.
(10) Back at the frontline, first lieutenant Osman said morale was high among his men, who were posted along sandbagged embrasures or who sheltered under tarpaulins from the afternoon sun.
(11) The unfavourable microclimate conditions are determined by the technological process specificity, the area's climatic characteristics and the presence of vast embrasures and openings in the shop building.
(12) Eggs in rafts are maintained in polygonal rosettes by the interlocking of these filaments and hooks and the surface tension of menisci between contiguous embrasures.
(13) Use of an embrasure clasp demands attention to proper clinical preparation and to laboratory procedures as well.
(14) The interdental brush was found to have an excellent effect both in the central part of the interdental space and on the embrasures.
(15) In this clinical case, after removing the old prosthesis, it is observed that the position of the screws is unsuitable, as one of them emerges into the embrasure.
(16) Previous studies showed that interlocking into the embrasures was required for adequate adhesion of Barricaid.
(17) Along these embrasures, progressing posteriorly, the tubercles change in form from flattened and bladelike to finely tapered, then, at the extension's posterior two-thirds, to long filaments with well-developed terminal hooks.
(18) If a space was visible apical to the contact point, then the papilla was deemed missing; if tissue filled the embrasure space, the papilla was considered to be present.
(19) Measurements of the contact and embrasure areas of adjacent extracted teeth set in plaster blocks were made before groups of dentists undertook preparations on them.
(20) The abutment teeth were widened by shifting the embrasure into the edentulous space, thus creating more esthetic proportions.