1. To ride, sit, or stand astride; straddle
2. To tower over; dominate
3 archaic; to stride across

1. To cover as if with a blanket; as of snow.
2. To form a blanket-like cover (over).

To comprehend; to include.

1. To be capable of holding or containing; SYN. take, hold.
2. To be divisible by.

1. To form a cover over; SYN. spread over.
2. To hide from view or knowledge; SYN. cover up.
3. To provide with a covering or cause to be covered
4. To spread over a surface to conceal or protect
5. To be responsible for guarding an opponent in a game.
6. To clothe, as if for protection from the elements; SYN. wrap up.
7. To protect by insurance; SYN. insure, underwrite.
8. To protect or defend a position in a game
9. To provide for
10. To take an action to protect against future problems
11. To span an interval of distance, space or time; SYN. extend.
12. To be sufficient to meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of
13. To compensate or make up for.
14. To deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression; SYN. treat, handle, work, plow, deal, address.
15. To help out by taking someone's place an temporarily assuming his responsibilities
16. To invest with a large or excessive amount of something
17. To maintain a check on; esp. by patrolling
18. To play a higher card than the one previously played + prikaži više

ETYM Pref. em- (intens.) + brace, v. t.
1. To hug, usually with fondness; SYN. hug, bosom, squeeze.
2. To include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory; SYN. encompass, comprehend, cover.

1. To cover with or as if with folds; envelop
2. To surround with a covering; contain
3. To clasp within the arms; embrace

1. To add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category.
2. To consider as part of something.
3. To have as a part, be made up out of.

1. To contain as a part
2. To engage as a participant
3. To make complex or intricate or complicated
4. To connect closely and often incriminatingly; SYN. affect, regard.
5. To occupy or engage the interest of
6. To wrap

ETYM u. s.
1. To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object.
2. To reach from one side of to the other; to stretch over.
3. To fetter, as a horse; to hobble.