Embrace and Strain

Embrace

Embrace verb - To put one's arms around and press tightly.

Usage example: upon being finally reunited, the overjoyed father embraced his son

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Strain and embrace are semantically related in hug topic. In some cases you can use "Strain" instead a verb "Embrace".

Nearby Words: embraced, embracing

Strain verb - To put one's arms around and press tightly.

Usage example: the woman tenderly strained to her breast the child that she had long ago given up for dead

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Embrace and strain are semantically related in hug topic. Sometimes you can use "Embrace" instead a verb "Strain".

Nearby Words: strained, straining, strainer

emotional	emotional embrace	emotional strain
physical	physical embrace	physical strain
infamous	infamous embrace	infamous strain
less	less embrace	less strain
Other adjectives: last, modern.

No need to leap up and embrace me, I wouldn't want you to strain yourself.

Source: Reports of My Death Were Greatly Exaggerated

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