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Hug   /həg/   Listen
noun
Hug  n.  A close embrace or clasping with the arms, as in affection or in wrestling.



verb
Hug  v. t.  
1.
To press closely within the arms; to clasp to the bosom; to embrace. "And huggen me in his arms."
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  v. i.  (past & past part. hugged; pres. part. hugging)  
1.
To cower; to crouch; to curl up. (Obs.)
2.
To crowd together; to cuddle. (Obs.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Hug" Quotes from Famous Books



... people, and the boy often said that he had two homes, and belonged half in one and half in the other, and the small press-bed in Granny's loft seemed as much his own as the cot in the corner of his mother's sleeping-room, and was occupied almost as often. So, after a good-night hug from Granny, off he ran. The church was near, and the moon light as day, so he never thought of being afraid, not even when, as he brushed by the dark tower, something stirred overhead, and a long, melancholy cry came shuddering ...
— Christmas - Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse • Various

... for the babies and small animals. She would cuddle rabbits or birds against her brown, lean cheek, and hug her setter enthusiastically. Peter suffered an agony of sympathy whenever she spoke of ...
— Sisters • Kathleen Norris

... I were a pig-tailed Buccaneer And you were a Bristol Girl, A-rolling home from over the sea I'd give you a hug on the landing quay, A hook-nosed parrot that swore like me, And ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 7, 1916 • Various

... is expected of us? I ask you to live your lives, and hug your children. I know many citizens have fears tonight, and I ask you to be calm and resolute, even in the ...
— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various

... blade could not at once be disentangled. For two seconds, perhaps, was Tom struggling with it; and in those two seconds one of his adversaries sprang behind him, and seized him round the waist with the hug of a bear. ...
— Tom Tufton's Travels • Evelyn Everett-Green


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