hug

[Hug]

To hug someone is to warmly embrace or grasp them with your arms. Some families hug each other all the time, while others save their hugs for special occasions.

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To cower; to crouch; to curl up.

Noun
a tight or amorous embrace; "come here and give me a big hug"

Verb
fit closely or tightly; "She dress hugged her hipds"

Verb
hug, usually with fondness; "Hug me, please"; "They embraced"

v. i.
To cower; to crouch; to curl up.

v. i.
To crowd together; to cuddle.

v. t.
To press closely within the arms; to clasp to the bosom; to embrace.

v. t.
To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.

v. t.
To keep close to; as, to hug the land; to hug the wind.

n.
A close embrace or clasping with the arms, as in affection or in wrestling.

Hug

Hug , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hugged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hugging.] [Prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. sidde paa huk to squat, Sw. huka sig to squat, Icel. hka. Cf. Huckster.] 1. To cower; to crouch; to curl up. [Obs.] Palsgrave. 2. To crowd together; to cuddle. [Obs.] Shak.

Hug

Hug, v. t. 1. To press closely within the arms; to clasp to the bosom; to embrace. "And huggen me in his arms." Shak. 2. To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.

We hug deformities if they bear our names.

3. (Naut.) To keep close to; as, to hug the land; to hug the wind. To hug one's self, to congratulate one's self; to chuckle.

Hug

Hug, n. A close embrace or clasping with the arms, as in affection or in wrestling. Fuller.

To cower; to crouch; to curl up.

To press closely within the arms; to clasp to the bosom; to embrace.

A close embrace or clasping with the arms, as in affection or in wrestling.

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Usage Examples

Everyone knows that by far the happiest and universally enjoyable age of man is the first. What is there about babies which makes us hug and kiss and fondle them, so that even an enemy would give them help at that age?

With age, you get to a place where you don't want to knock people out. You just want to give people a hug.

As the first Hispanic female governor in history, little girls often come up to me in the grocery store or the mall. They look and point, and when they get the courage, they ask 'Are you Susana?' and they run up and give me a hug.

You know, food is such - it's a hug for people.

I want to make wines that harmonize with food - wines that almost hug your tongue with gentleness.

A hug is like a boomerang - you get it back right away.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Plunderous is the palate I gift to you, openly I hug the universe of our friendship expanding its outer limit.

If you hug to yourself any resentment against anybody else, you destroy the bridge by which God would come to you.

It's all about the director for me we have to click. It's a trust thing. I'll say I'm ready to let down my walls. I'll cry for you as long as you need. But you're going to have to hug me afterwards.

I will not play tug o' war. I'd rather play hug o' war. Where everyone hugs instead of tugs, Where everyone giggles and rolls on the rug, Where everyone kisses, and everyone grins, and everyone cuddles, and everyone wins.

The word philosophy sounds high-minded, but it simply means the love of wisdom. If you love something, you don't just read about it you hug it, you mess with it, you play with it, you argue with it.

You should never have to say hello or goodbye. Even at work sometimes, and I know this is very unpopular, is that if I'm going to work every single day, I don't think you should have to hug people hello every single day when you come to work. I saw you Monday!