Embrace and Lap

Embrace

Embrace verb - To surround or cover closely.

Usage example: the stone walls that embrace the monastery serve to symbolize its function as a retreat from an unquiet world

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Lap and embrace are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lap" instead a verb "Embrace".

Nearby Words: embraced, embracing

Lap verb - To surround or cover closely.

Usage example: this recording of the symphony is sure to lap listeners in stereophonic bliss

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Embrace and lap are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Embrace" instead a verb "Lap".

Nearby Words: lapped, lapping

full	full embrace	full lap
long	long embrace	long lap
warm	warm embrace	warm lap
proper	proper embrace	proper lap
Other adjectives: hot, less, last.

embrace song

lap song

Corbin manages to un-curl him and tries to embrace him by holding his head to his chest, but Lauchlan ends up dragging him into his lap in his desperation.

Source: Literature / Mix Beer With Liquor And You Will Get Sicker
Instead of outright addressing it, he chose to publicly embrace it, both to gain personal profit for himself via t-shirts, ice cream bars, etc and to covertly insult the older WWE fans who lap up everything he says, just as young fans do with John Cena.

Source: WMG / WWE

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