n.
1.the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)
2.the state of taking in or encircling
3.a close affectionate and protective acceptance embrace v.
1.include in scope
2.hug, usually with fondness
3.take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
Idiom of the Day
tarred with the same brush
to have the same good or bad points (usually used for bad points) as someone else
The boy was tarred with the same brush as his bad friends.