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half-embracing

half-embracing is the present participle and gerund of half-embrace.

Meaning of half-embrace

Verb

half-embrace (third-person singular simple present half-embraces, present participle half-embracing, simple past and past participle half-embraced)

  1. (transitive) To embrace or wrap around partially.
    • Flowers destitute of ray; leaves pinnatised, toothed, half-embracing the stem.1835, William Withering, An Arrangement of British Plants
  2. (transitive) To adopt in an ambivalent or partial manner.
    • One solution, which his own England would later half-embrace, was socialism or collectivism, “in which the means of production” are “in the hands of the political officers of the community.2010, Benjamin Wiker, 10 Books Every Conservative Must Read: Plus Four Not to Miss and One Impostor, →ISBN

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Questions about half-embracing

What is half-embracing the present participle and gerund of?
Half-embracing is the present participle and gerund of half-embrace.

Words near half-embracing in the dictionary

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

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