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.
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.
The act or operation of reaping.
Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions.
The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
The material cut off in this way.
The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
The act or operation of dividing with shears.
Tending to cut or tear.