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"name": "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
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}
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{
"ref": "1576, Iohannes Caius [i.e., John Caius], “Dogges of a Course Kind Seruing for Many Necessary Uses, Called in Latine Canes Rustici, and First of the Shepherds Dogge, Called in Latine Canis Pastoralis”, in Abraham Fleming, transl., Of Englishe Dogges, the Diuersities, the Names, the Natures, and the Properties. […], imprinted at London: By [John Charlewood for] Rychard Johnes, […], →OCLC; republished London: Printed by A. Bradley, […], 1880, →OCLC, page 31:",
"text": "There was no faynting faith in that Dogge, which when his Master by a mischaunce in hunting stumbled and fell toppling downe a deepe dytche beyng vnable to recouer of himselfe, the Dogge signifying his masters mishappe, reskue came, and he was hayled up by a rope, whom the Dogge seeying almost drawne up to the edge of the dytche, cheerefully saluted, leaping and skipping vpon his master as though he would haue imbraced hym, beying glad of his presence, whose longer absence he was lothe to lacke.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "c. 1597 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The History of Henrie the Fourth; […], quarto edition, London: […] P[eter] S[hort] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1598, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:",
"text": "I will imbrace him with a ſouldiour's arme, / That he ſhall ſhrinke vnder my curteſie, [...]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 20:1, column 1:",
"text": "And after the vprore was ceaſed, Paul called vnto him the diſciples, and imbraced them, & departed, for to go into Macedonia.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], chapter VI, in The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, book I, page 14:",
"text": "[...] Love, though not wholly blind, as Poets wrong him, yet having but one eye, as being born an Archer aiming, and that eye not the quickeſt in this dark region here below, which is not Loves proper ſphere, partly out of the ſimplicity, and credulity which is native to him, often deceiv'd, imbraces and comforts him with theſe obvious and ſuborned ſtriplings, as if they were his Mothers own Sons, for ſo he thinks them, while they ſuttly keep themſelves moſt on his blind ſide.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 772–774:",
"text": "Theſe lulld by Nightingales imbraceing ſlept, / And on thir naked limbs the flourie roof / Showrd Roſes, which the Morn, repair'd.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1686, [formerly attributed to Augustine of Hippo], “The Accusation of Man, and the Commendation and Praise of the Divine Mercy”, in [John Floyd], transl., The Meditations, Soliloquia, and Manual of the Glorious Doctor St. Augustine. Translated into English, London: Printed for Matthew Turner […], →OCLC, page 6:",
"text": "Thou doſt reduce me when I err; thou ſtayeſt for me when I am dull; thou imbraceſt me when I return; thou teacheſt me when I am ignorant; [...]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Two. The First of the Three Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 54:",
"text": "She clapped her hands and laughed, and tried to touch his head; but being too little, laughed again, and stood on tiptoe to embrace him. Then she began to drag him, in her childish eagerness, towards the door; and he, nothing loth to go, accompanied her.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1982, Lawrence Durrell, “Tu Duc Revisited”, in Constance: Or Solitary Practices: A Novel, London: Faber and Faber, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, 1982, →ISBN, page 261:",
"text": "There was no ambiguity in her relief and enthusiasm; she went up to him in a somewhat irresolute fashion, as if about to put out her hand; but they embraced instead, and stood for a moment yoked thus, absurdly relieved and delighted by the other’s presence.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1990, J[ohn] M[axwell] Coetzee, chapter 1, in Age of Iron, London: Secker and Warburg, →ISBN, page 5; republished London: Penguin Books, 2015, →ISBN:",
"text": "We embrace to be embraced. We embrace our children to be folded in the arms of the future, to pass ourselves beyond death, to be transported. That is how it was when I embraced you, always.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug."
],
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"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug."
],
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{
"word": "fall on someone's neck"
},
{
"word": "embrace"
}
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"tags": [
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"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "omhels"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "përqafoj"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "iḥtaḍana",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "اِحْتَضَنَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕānaqa",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "عَانَقَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pʻarvel",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "փարվել"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "grkel",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "գրկել"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "ambrats"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "ãküali lo",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "আঁকোৱালি ল"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "xabot",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "সাবট"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "xawoti dhor",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "সাৱটি ধৰ"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "qucaqlamaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "bağrına basmaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "sne",
"lang": "Bau Bidayuh",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "bidokuop"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "abdymácʹ",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "абдыма́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "abnjácʹ",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "абня́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pregrǎ́štam",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прегръ́щам"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pregǎ́rna",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "прегъ́рна"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hpak",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "ဖက်"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "abraçar"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "gakos"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "pou⁵",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "抱"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "擁抱"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yōngbào, yǒngbào",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "拥抱"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "摟抱"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lǒubào",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "搂抱"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "obejmout"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "objímat"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "omfavne"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "kramme"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "omarmen"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "omhelzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "knuffelen"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "jnq",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "i-n:q-D32:D40"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "qnj",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "q:n-i-D32"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "ḥpt",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "H-p:t-D32:a"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "brakumi"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "ĉirkaŭbraki"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "ĉirkaŭpreni"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "ĉirkaŭpremi"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "enbrakigi"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "embama"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "halata"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "syleillä"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "étreindre"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "embrasser"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "abrazar"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "exuṭeba",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "ეხუტება"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "umarmen"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "agkaliázo",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "αγκαλιάζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "aspázomai",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "ασπάζομαι"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "periékhō",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "περιέχω"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "khavák",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "חָבַק"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "khibék",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "חיבק \\ חִבֵּק"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "mba",
"lang": "Higaonon",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "gakus"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "āliṅgan karnā",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "आलिंगन करना"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "ölel"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "embracar"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "memeluk"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "mendekap"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "cuach"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "abbracciare"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"alt": "ほうようする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hōyō suru",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "抱擁する"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"alt": "いだく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "idaku",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "抱く"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "lanbuxa"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qūşaqtau",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "құшақтау"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qūşu",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "құшу"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "aiqalau",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "айқалау"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "aimalau",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "аймалау"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ʼaoprɨt",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "អោបរឹត"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "kkeureoanda",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "끌어안다"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "kkyeoanda",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "껴안다"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "poonghada",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "포옹하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kucaktoo",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "кучактоо"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kǭt",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "ກອດ"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "amplector"
},
{
"_dis1": "73 11 3 1 3 1 2 5",
"code": "lv",
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"text": "Let Ignorance a little while now muſe / On what is ſaid, and let him not refuſe / Good counſel to imbrace, leſt he remain / Still Ignorant of what's the chiefeſt gain.",
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"text": "[I]f a Man can be perſuaded and fully aſſur'd of any thing for a Truth, without having examin'd, what is there that he may not imbrace for Truth; and if he has given himſelf up to believe a Lye, what means is there left to recover one who can be aſſur'd without examining.",
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"ref": "c. 1597 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The History of Henrie the Fourth; […], quarto edition, London: […] P[eter] S[hort] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1598, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:",
"text": "I will imbrace him with a ſouldiour's arme, / That he ſhall ſhrinke vnder my curteſie, [...]",
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{
"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 20:1, column 1:",
"text": "And after the vprore was ceaſed, Paul called vnto him the diſciples, and imbraced them, & departed, for to go into Macedonia.",
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{
"ref": "1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], chapter VI, in The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, book I, page 14:",
"text": "[...] Love, though not wholly blind, as Poets wrong him, yet having but one eye, as being born an Archer aiming, and that eye not the quickeſt in this dark region here below, which is not Loves proper ſphere, partly out of the ſimplicity, and credulity which is native to him, often deceiv'd, imbraces and comforts him with theſe obvious and ſuborned ſtriplings, as if they were his Mothers own Sons, for ſo he thinks them, while they ſuttly keep themſelves moſt on his blind ſide.",
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{
"ref": "1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 772–774:",
"text": "Theſe lulld by Nightingales imbraceing ſlept, / And on thir naked limbs the flourie roof / Showrd Roſes, which the Morn, repair'd.",
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},
{
"ref": "1686, [formerly attributed to Augustine of Hippo], “The Accusation of Man, and the Commendation and Praise of the Divine Mercy”, in [John Floyd], transl., The Meditations, Soliloquia, and Manual of the Glorious Doctor St. Augustine. Translated into English, London: Printed for Matthew Turner […], →OCLC, page 6:",
"text": "Thou doſt reduce me when I err; thou ſtayeſt for me when I am dull; thou imbraceſt me when I return; thou teacheſt me when I am ignorant; [...]",
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},
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"ref": "1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Two. The First of the Three Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 54:",
"text": "She clapped her hands and laughed, and tried to touch his head; but being too little, laughed again, and stood on tiptoe to embrace him. Then she began to drag him, in her childish eagerness, towards the door; and he, nothing loth to go, accompanied her.",
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"ref": "1982, Lawrence Durrell, “Tu Duc Revisited”, in Constance: Or Solitary Practices: A Novel, London: Faber and Faber, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, 1982, →ISBN, page 261:",
"text": "There was no ambiguity in her relief and enthusiasm; she went up to him in a somewhat irresolute fashion, as if about to put out her hand; but they embraced instead, and stood for a moment yoked thus, absurdly relieved and delighted by the other’s presence.",
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"ref": "1990, J[ohn] M[axwell] Coetzee, chapter 1, in Age of Iron, London: Secker and Warburg, →ISBN, page 5; republished London: Penguin Books, 2015, →ISBN:",
"text": "We embrace to be embraced. We embrace our children to be folded in the arms of the future, to pass ourselves beyond death, to be transported. That is how it was when I embraced you, always.",
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"text": "I wholeheartedly embrace the new legislation.",
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"ref": "1557, unknown, “The Louer Refused of His Loue Imbraceth Death”, in Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey et al., edited by Edward Arber, Tottel’s Miscellany. Songes and Sonettes […] (English Reprints; 24), London: [Edward Arber]; Muir & Paterson, printers, […], published 15 August 1870, →OCLC, page 168:",
"text": "The louer refused of his loue imbraceth death. [poem title]",
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"ref": "c. 1596–1598 (date written), W[illiam] Shakespeare, The Excellent History of the Merchant of Venice. […] (First Quarto), [London]: […] J[ames] Roberts [for Thomas Heyes], published 1600, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:",
"text": "I take it your owne buſineſſe cals on you, / And you embrace the occaſion to depart.",
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{
"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hebrews 11:13, column 1:",
"text": "Theſe all died in faith, not hauing received the promiſes, but hauing ſeene them a farre off, and were perſwaded of them, and embraced them, and confeſſed that they were ſtrangers and pilgrims on the earth.",
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"ref": "1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC, page 164:",
"text": "Let Ignorance a little while now muſe / On what is ſaid, and let him not refuſe / Good counſel to imbrace, leſt he remain / Still Ignorant of what's the chiefeſt gain.",
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"ref": "a. 1705, John Locke, “Of the Conduct of the Understanding”, in Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke: […], London: Printed by W. B. for A[ugustus] and J[ohn] Churchill […], published 1706, →OCLC, §34, page 105:",
"text": "[I]f a Man can be perſuaded and fully aſſur'd of any thing for a Truth, without having examin'd, what is there that he may not imbrace for Truth; and if he has given himſelf up to believe a Lye, what means is there left to recover one who can be aſſur'd without examining.",
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"ref": "1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter XIII, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 227:",
"text": "Thou hast shown me the means of revenge, and be assured I will embrace them.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1953, James Baldwin, “Elizabeth’s Prayer”, in Go Tell It on the Mountain (A Laurel Book), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Co., published December 1985, →ISBN, part 2 (The Prayers of the Saints), page 186:",
"text": "Then she thought how, now, she would embrace again the faith she had abandoned, and walk again in the light from which, with Richard, she had so far fled.",
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"ref": "c. 1597 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The History of Henrie the Fourth; […], quarto edition, London: […] P[eter] S[hort] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1598, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v]:",
"text": "What I haue done my ſafety vrg'd me to: / And I embrace this fortune patiently, / Since not to be auoided it fals on me.",
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{
"ref": "2020 April 22, Paul Stephen, “COVID-19: meet the railway heroes”, in Rail, page 40:",
"text": "Faced with the most significant public health crisis in a century, the population has largely embraced the strict but essential government instructions on social distancing that have been carefully designed to protect lives and to curb the spread of COVID-19.",
"type": "quote"
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"ref": "1642, John Denham, “Coopers Hill”, in Poems and Translations, with the Sophy. […], 4th edition, Printed by T. W. for H[enry] Herringman and sold by Jacob Tonson […], and Thomas Bennet […], published 1703, →OCLC, page 14:",
"text": "Low at his foot a ſpacious Plain is plac't, / Between the Mountain and the Stream embrac't: / Which ſhade and ſhelter from the Hill derives, / While the kind River Wealth and Beauty gives; [...]",
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{
"ref": "1937, Robert Byron, “Gumbad-i-Kabus (200 ft.), April 24th”, in The Road to Oxiana, London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC, part V, page 228:",
"text": "But it was not this that conveyed the size of the steppe so much as the multiplicity of these nomadic encampments, cropping up wherever the eye rested, yet invariably separate by a mile or two from their neighbours. There were hundreds of them, and the sight, therefore, seemed to embrace hundreds of miles.",
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],
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"enclose"
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],
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{
"word": "surround"
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"text": "Natural philosophy embraces many sciences.",
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"ref": "1697, Virgil, “The Second Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 73, lines 59–60:",
"text": "Not that my ſong, in ſuch a ſcanty ſpace, / So large a Subject fully can embrace: [...]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1961, Robert A. Heinlein, chapter VIII, in Stranger in a Strange Land, New York: Avon, →OCLC, page 59:",
"text": "The Man from Mars sat down again when Jill left. He did not pick up the picture book they had given him but simply waited in a fashion which may be described as \"patient\" only because human language does not embrace Martian attitudes.",
"type": "quote"
}
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],
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{
"ref": "1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 26, page 194:",
"text": "VVho ſeeing him from far ſo fierce to pricke, / His warlike armes about him gan embrace, / And in the reſt his ready ſpeare did ſticke; [...]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To fasten on, as armour."
],
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],
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"(transitive, obsolete, rare) To fasten on, as armour."
],
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{
"ref": "c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vii], page 25, column 1:",
"text": "He bears himſelfe more proudlier, / Euen to my perſon, then I thought he would / When firſt I did embrace him.",
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}
],
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],
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],
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{
"ref": "1769, William Blackstone, “Of Offences against Public Justice”, in Commentaries on the Laws of England, book IV (Of Public Wrongs), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC, paragraph 18, page 140:",
"text": "The puniſhment for the perſon embracing is by fine and impriſonment; and, for the juror ſo embraced, if it be by taking money, the puniſhment is (by divers ſtatutes of the reign of Edward III) perpetual infamy, impriſonment for a year, and forfeiture of the tenfold value.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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],
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{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "omhels"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "përqafoj"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "iḥtaḍana",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "اِحْتَضَنَ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕānaqa",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "عَانَقَ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pʻarvel",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "փարվել"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "grkel",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "գրկել"
},
{
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "ambrats"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "ãküali lo",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "আঁকোৱালি ল"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "xabot",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "সাবট"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "xawoti dhor",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "সাৱটি ধৰ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "qucaqlamaq"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "bağrına basmaq"
},
{
"code": "sne",
"lang": "Bau Bidayuh",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "bidokuop"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "abdymácʹ",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "абдыма́ць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "abnjácʹ",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "абня́ць"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pregrǎ́štam",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прегръ́щам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "pregǎ́rna",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "прегъ́рна"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hpak",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "ဖက်"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "abraçar"
},
{
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "gakos"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "pou⁵",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "抱"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "擁抱"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yōngbào, yǒngbào",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "拥抱"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "摟抱"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lǒubào",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "搂抱"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "obejmout"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "objímat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "omfavne"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "kramme"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "omarmen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "omhelzen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "knuffelen"
},
{
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "jnq",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "i-n:q-D32:D40"
},
{
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "qnj",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "q:n-i-D32"
},
{
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "ḥpt",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "H-p:t-D32:a"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "brakumi"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "ĉirkaŭbraki"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "ĉirkaŭpreni"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "ĉirkaŭpremi"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "enbrakigi"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "embama"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "halata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "syleillä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "étreindre"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "embrasser"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "abrazar"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "exuṭeba",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "ეხუტება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "umarmen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "agkaliázo",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "αγκαλιάζω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "aspázomai",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "ασπάζομαι"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "periékhō",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "περιέχω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "khavák",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "חָבַק"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "khibék",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "חיבק \\ חִבֵּק"
},
{
"code": "mba",
"lang": "Higaonon",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "gakus"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "āliṅgan karnā",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "आलिंगन करना"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "ölel"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "embracar"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "memeluk"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "mendekap"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "cuach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "abbracciare"
},
{
"alt": "ほうようする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hōyō suru",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "抱擁する"
},
{
"alt": "いだく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "idaku",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "抱く"
},
{
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "lanbuxa"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qūşaqtau",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "құшақтау"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qūşu",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "құшу"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "aiqalau",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "айқалау"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "aimalau",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "аймалау"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ʼaoprɨt",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "អោបរឹត"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "kkeureoanda",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "끌어안다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "kkyeoanda",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "껴안다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "poonghada",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "포옹하다"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kucaktoo",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "кучактоо"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kǭt",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "ກອດ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "amplector"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "apskaut"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "apkabinti"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "guška",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "гушка"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "gušne",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "гушне"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pregrnuva",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прегрнува"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pregrne",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "прегрне"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "obgrnuva",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обгрнува"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "obgrne",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "обгрне"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "memeluk"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "keṭṭippiṭikkuka",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "കെട്ടിപ്പിടിക്കുക"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "puṇaruka",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "പുണരുക"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "āliṅganaṁ ceyyuka",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "ആലിംഗനം ചെയ്യുക"
},
{
"code": "swb",
"lang": "Maore Comorian",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "uv̄ahara"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "kēkeke"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "awhi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "awhiawhi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "tauawhi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "whakahiapo"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "kauawhi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "kauawhiawhi"
},
{
"code": "mrw",
"lang": "Maranao",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "gakes"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "tevrex",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "тэврэх"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "klemme"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "omfavne"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "abraçar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "embraçar"
},
{
"code": "pap",
"lang": "Papiamentu",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "brasa"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "dar âğuš gereftan",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "در آغوش گرفتن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bağal kardan",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "بغل کردن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "obejmować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "objąć"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "uściskać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "uścisnąć"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "przytulać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "przytulić"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "tulić"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "abraçar"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "marq'ay"
},
{
"code": "rgn",
"lang": "Romagnol",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "brazêr"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "îmbrățișa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obnimátʹ",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обнима́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obnjátʹ",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "обня́ть"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "ioma-ghlac"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "гр̏лити"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "за̀грлити"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "о̀бгрлити"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обујмљи́вати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "обу́јмити"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "gȑliti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "zàgrliti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "òbgrliti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "obujmljívati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "obújmiti"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "objať"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "objímať"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "objemati"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "objéti"
},
{
"code": "alt",
"lang": "Southern Altai",
"roman": "kučakta-",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "кучакта-"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "abrazar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "embrazar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "krama"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "omfamna"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection — see also hug",
"word": "yakapin"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
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"feminine"
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"word": "abraçada"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"word": "擁抱"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yōngbào, yǒngbào",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"word": "拥抱"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "objetí"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "omarming"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "omhelzing"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "knuffel"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"word": "halaus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"word": "syleily"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "accolade"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "embrassement"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "embrassade"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "étreinte"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "čaxuṭeba",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"word": "ჩახუტება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Umarmung"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"word": "faðma"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "abbraccio"
},
{
"alt": "ほうよう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hōyō",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"word": "抱擁"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"word": "complexus"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "keṭṭippiṭuttaṁ",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"word": "കെട്ടിപ്പിടുത്തം"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "āliṅganaṁ",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"word": "ആലിംഗനം"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "puṇaral",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"word": "പുണരൽ"
},
{
"code": "non",
"lang": "Old Norse",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"word": "faðma"
},
{
"code": "osx",
"lang": "Old Saxon",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"word": "anafang"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "objęcie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "uścisk"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "abraço"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "îmbrățișare"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obʺjátije",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "объя́тие"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obʺjátija",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "объя́тия"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ioma-ghlacadh"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zagrljaj"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "objem"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "abrazo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kram"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "omfamning"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "āliṅganamu",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"word": "ఆలింగనము"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "kaugilinta",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"word": "కౌగిలింత"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "obijmy",
"sense": "act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest — see also hug",
"word": "обійми"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "enclosure partially or fully surrounding someone or something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "obuhvat"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "act of enfolding or including",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "obuhvat"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Bartolomeo Cesi",
"Uffizi Gallery"
],
"word": "embrace"
}
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