embosom
Americanverb (used with object)
-
to enfold, envelop, or enclose.
-
to take into or hold in the bosom; embrace.
-
to cherish; foster.
verb
-
to enclose or envelop, esp protectively
-
to clasp to the bosom; hug
-
to cherish
Etymology
Origin of embosom
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
There is a fire of autumn colour in the tufted woods that embosom Fernilea.
From Angling Sketches by Andrew Lang
We give ourselves in all seriousness to horticulture, and embosom the chalet in flowers, of which we are passionately fond.
From Letters of Two Brides by Honoré de Balzac
To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
Do they not embosom him in a style of grandeur worthy, if such it be, of a "City of Palaces?"
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by John Lyde Wilson
Other parts are laid into floors, or wrought into wainscoting, or carved for frames of noble pictures, or fashioned into chairs that embosom the weakness of old age.
From How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune by Orison Swett Marden
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
