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half-embraces

half-embraces is the plural of half-embrace.

half-embraces is the third-person singular simple present indicative of half-embrace.

Meaning of half-embrace

Noun

half-embrace (plural half-embraces)

  1. A partial hug.
    • “But throughout these calamities.“ huskily continued Don Benito. painfully turning in the half-embrace of his servant. “I have to thank those Negroes you see, who, though to your inexperienced eyes appearing unruly, have, indeed, conducted themselves with less restlessness than even their owner...1855, Herman Melville, Benito Cereno
  2. An ambivalent acceptance or adoption.
    • This half-embrace of failure, as Coward suggests, is something the British like to think of as distinctly British.2012, Oliver Burkeman, The Antidote, Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking, →ISBN

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Questions about half-embraces

What is half-embraces the plural of?
Half-embraces is the plural of half-embrace.

Words near half-embraces in the dictionary

  1. half-elf
  2. half-elven
  3. half-elves
  4. half-embrace
  5. half-embraced
  6. half-embraces
  7. half-embracing
  8. half-equation
  9. half-equations
  10. half-evergreen
  11. half-evergreens

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