Word of the Day: Embrace
em-brace / əmˈbrās
verb
1. to hold tightly in an affectionate manner; to hug
Each time we embrace someone warmly, we gain an extra day of life.
from ‘Aleph’ by Paulo Coelho, 1947-
2. to encircle or enclose
You enter the mouth of a valley; the hills reach forth their arms to embrace you, and you consciously enter a new world.
from ‘The Alps’ by Martin Conway, 1856-1937
3. to take up gladly or readily
Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.
Lao Tzu, 601 BC-c. 531 BC
4. to include as a part
Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion toembrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.
Albert Einstein, 1879-1955
5. to welcome
Winners embrace hard work.
Lou Holtz, 1937-
noun
1. a hug
The romantic embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.
Havelock Ellis, 1859-1939
2. grip
I close my eyes and melt in its embrace, basking in the sweetest balm of forgiveness: that for which one need not even ask.
from ‘The Book of Rachael’ by Leslie Cannold, 1965-
3. the acceptance of something
Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace.
George Santayana, 1863-1952
Thank you for including the Dictionary Project in the good work you do in your club. In my club, we have provided Dictionaries for third-grade students for enough years that now we are having former students help us to present dictionaries each year. They are often returning to the same classrooms that they were third-grade students. Teachers plead every year for us to NEVER quit this valuable project. They tell us that students NEED paper books to learn to read, to learn to do research and to do independent study. Please send me pictures of your presentations and tell me about your visits to the schools to give dictionaries to the students. To be included in our newsletter you can send me your stories at DG.2019@5630mail.org.
