embrace vs pleach

embrace

noun
  • An act of enfolding or including. 

  • Full acceptance (of something). 

  • An act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest; a hug. 

  • An enclosure partially or fully surrounding someone or something. 

verb
  • To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug. 

  • To encircle; to enclose, to encompass. 

  • To seize (something) eagerly or with alacrity; to accept or take up with cordiality; to welcome. 

  • To enfold, to include (ideas, principles, etc.); to encompass. 

  • To submit to; to undergo. 

pleach

noun
  • An act or result of interweaving; specifically, (horticulture) a hedge or lattice created by interweaving the branches of shrubs, trees, etc. 

  • A notch cut into a branch so that it can be bent when pleaching is carried out. 

  • A branch of a shrub, tree, etc., used for pleaching; a pleacher. 

verb
  • To unite by interweaving, as (horticulture) branches of shrubs, trees, etc., to create a hedge; to interlock, to plash. 

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