English Explanatory Dictionary

half-embrace

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A partial hug.
  2. An ambivalent acceptance or adoption.
verb
  1. To embrace or wrap around partially.
  2. To adopt in an ambivalent or partial manner.

Word forms

half-embrace half-embraces half-embracing half-embraced

Etymology

From half- + embrace.

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