embrace vs shed

embrace

verb
  • To encircle; to enclose, to encompass. 

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

  • 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. 

noun
  • 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. 

  • An act of enfolding or including. 

shed

verb
  • To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover. 

  • to woodshed 

  • To radiate, cast, give off (light); see also shed light on. 

  • To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle. 

  • To part with, separate from, leave off; cast off, let fall, be divested of. 

  • To allow to flow or fall. 

  • To place or allocate a vehicle, such as a locomotive, in or to a depot or shed. 

noun
  • An automobile which is old, worn-out, slow, or otherwise of poor quality. 

  • An area between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven. 

  • A large temporary open structure for reception of goods. 

  • A British Rail Class 66 locomotive. 

  • A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut. 

  • A unit of area equivalent to 10⁻⁵² square meters; used in nuclear physics 

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