hug
Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).
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Noun
- A [[close]] [[embrace]], [[especially]] when [[charge|charged]] with an [[emotion]] such as [[affection]], [[joy]], [[relief]], [[lust]], [[anger]], [[aggression]], [[compassion]], or the like, as opposed to being [[characterize|characterized]] by [[formality]], [[equivocation]] or [[ambivalence]] (a [[half-embrace]]).
- A particular [[grip]] in [[wrestling]].
Verb
- {{lb|en|intransitive|obsolete}} To [[crouch]]; to [[huddle]] as with [[cold]].
- {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[cling]] closely [[together]].
- {{lb|en|transitive|or|reciprocal}} To [[embrace]] by [[holding]] [[closely]], [[especially]] in the [[arms]].
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To stay close to.
- {{lb|en|transitive|figurative}} To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.
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