Meaning

A partial hug..

Definitions by Sense

1. A partial hug.
2. An ambivalent acceptance or adoption.
3. (transitive) To embrace or wrap around partially.
4. (transitive) To adopt in an ambivalent or partial manner.

Example Sentences

“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 could have thought possible under such circumstances."

This half-embrace of failure, as Coward suggests, is something the British like to think of as distinctly British.

Flowers destitute of ray; leaves pinnatised, toothed, half-embracing the stem.

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.

Word Forms

• half-embraces
• half-embracing
• half-embraced

Related Words

When Should You Use Half-embrace?

Use half-embrace when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

Practice This Word

Frequently Asked Questions