Definition of embraces

"embraces" in the noun sense

1. embrace, embracing, embracement

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

2. embrace

the state of taking in or encircling

"an island in the embrace of the sea"

3. embrace, bosom

a close affectionate and protective acceptance

"his willing embrace of new ideas"

"in the bosom of the family"

"embraces" in the verb sense

1. embrace, encompass, comprehend, cover

include in scope include as part of something broader have as one's sphere or territory

"This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"

"this should cover everyone in the group"

2. embrace, hug, bosom, squeeze

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

"Hug me, please"

"They embraced"

"He hugged her close to him"

3. espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep up

take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own

"She embraced Catholicism"

"They adopted the Jewish faith"

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Quotations for embraces

Woman's influence embraces the whole of life. [ Alexander Walker ]

The thirst after fame is greater than that after virtue; for who embraces virtue if you take away its rewards? [ Juvenal ]

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but time friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports. [ R. Burton ]

A true friend embraces our objects as his own. We feel another mind bent on the same end, enjoying it, ensuring it, reflecting it, and delighting in our devotion to it. [ William Ellery Channing ]

Thinkers are as scarce as gold; but he whose thought embraces all his subject, who pursues it uninterruptedly and fearless of consequences, is a diamond of enormous size. [ Lavater ]

The drama embraces and applies all the beauties and decorations of poetry. The sister arts attend and adorn it. Painting, architecture, and music are her handmaids. The costliest lights of a people's intellect burn at her show. All ages welcome her. [ Willmott ]

If we wish to know the political and moral condition of a state, we must ask what rank women hold in it; their influence embraces the whole of life; a wife! - a mother! - two magical words, comprising the sweetest source of man's felicity; theirs is a reign of beauty, of love, of reason, - always a reign! a man takes counsel with his wife, he obeys his mother; he obeys her long after she has ceased to live; and the ideas which he has received from her become principles stronger even than his passions. [ Aime Martin ]

embraces in Scrabble®

The word embraces is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters embraces:

EMBRACES
(135)
EMBRACES
(135)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (5 words)

amerces, besmear, cambers, embrace, racemes

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word embraces

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In embraces

EMBRACES
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CAMBERS
(102 = 52 + 50)
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embraces in Words With Friends™

The word embraces is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 17

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters embraces:

CAMBERS
(131 = 96 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (5 words)

amerces, besmear, cambers, embrace, racemes

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word embraces

EMBRACES
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In embraces

CAMBERS
(131 = 96 + 35)
EMBRACES
(114)
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(114)
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(113 = 78 + 35)
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Words containing the sequence embraces

Words that start with embraces (1 word)

Words with embraces in them (1 word)

Words that end with embraces (2 words)

Word Growth involving embraces

Shorter words in embraces

bra brace braces

ace race brace braces

ace aces races braces

ace race races braces

bra brace embrace

ace race brace embrace

em embrace

Longer words containing embraces

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