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   hug

   /hʌɡ/

   verb

   • 1. squeeze (someone) tightly in one's arms, typically to express affection: "he hugged her close to him" Similar embracecuddlesqueezeclaspclutchcling tohold someone closehold someone tighttake someone in one's armsenfold someone in one's armsclasp/press someone to one's bosomliterary:embosom
   • ▪ hold (something) closely or tightly round or against part of one's body: "he hugged his knees to his chest"
   • ▪ fit tightly round: "a pair of jeans that hugged the contours of his body"
   • ▪ keep close to: "I headed north, hugging the coastline all the way" Similar keep close tostay near tofollow closelyfollow the course ofOpposite keep away from
   • ▪ congratulate or be pleased with oneself: "she hugged herself with secret joy"
   • ▪ cherish or cling to (something such as a belief): "a boy hugging a secret" Similar cling tohold on tocherishharbournurturenursefosterretainmaintainkeep in one's mindOpposite abandon

   noun

   • 1. an act of holding someone tightly in one's arms, typically to express affection: "there were hugs and tears as they were reunited"
   • ▪ a squeezing grip in wrestling.

   Word Origin mid 16th century: probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Norwegian hugga ‘comfort, console’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. huggable adjective
   • 2. hugger noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • H

     4

   • U

     1

   • G

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