<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>To take or clasp in the arms; press to the bosom; hug.</li><li>To take or receive gladly or eagerly; accept willingly: to embrace an idea.</li><li>Synonyms: welcome, espouse, adopt.</li><li>To avail oneself of: to embrace an opportunity.</li><li>Synonyms: seize.</li><li>To adopt (a profession, a religion, etc.): to embrace Buddhism.</li><li>To take in with the eye or the mind.</li><li>To encircle; surround; enclose: a secret garden embraced by wild shrubs.</li><li>To include or contain: An encyclopedia embraces a great number of subjects.</li><li>Synonyms: embody, cover, comprise.</li><li>Antonyms: exclude.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>To join in an embrace.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>An act or instance of embracing.</li></ul>