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What (who) is Hug - definition
FORM OF ENDEARMENT, UNIVERSAL IN HUMAN COMMUNITIES, IN WHICH TWO OR MORE PEOPLE PUT THEIR ARMS AROUND THE NECK, BACK, OR WAIST OF ONE ANOTHER AND HOLD EACH OTHER CLOSELY
Hugging; Cuddling; Cuddle; Grouphug; Group Hug; Friendship hug; Group hug; 🤗; 🫂; Cuddle bug; Hugs
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hug
(hugs, hugging, hugged)
1.
When you hug someone, you put your arms around them and hold them tightly, for example because you like them or are pleased to see them. You can also say that two people hug each other or that they hug.
She had hugged him exuberantly and invited him to dinner the next day...
We hugged and kissed.
= embrace
V-RECIP: V n (non-recip), pl-n V
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Hug is also a noun.
Syvil leapt out of the back seat, and gave him a hug.
N-COUNT
2.
If you hug something, you hold it close to your body with your arms tightly round it.
Shaerl trudged toward them, hugging a large box...
She hugged her legs tight to her chest...
VERB: V n, V n adv/prep
3.
Something that hugs the ground or a stretch of land or water stays very close to it. (WRITTEN)
The road hugs the coast for hundreds of miles...
VERB: V n
4.
see also bear hug
hug
n. to give smb. a hug
hug
I. v. a.
1.
Embrace, clasp, fold in the arms, fold to the breast or heart.
2.
Retain, cherish, nurse in the mind, hold fast, cling to, keep hold of.
3.
(Naut.) Go near, keep close to.
II. n.
Embrace, clasp.
Wikipedia
Hug
A hug is a form of endearment, universal in most human communities, in which two or more people put their arms around the neck, back, or waist of one another and hold each other closely. If more than two people are involved, it may be referred to as a group hug. Hugs can last for any duration.
Examples of use of Hug
1. "I would hug her .... You just hug people you love," Strom said.
2. They laugh and cry and sympathize and hug each other.
3. "Barack Osama –– he‘ll give you a hug," said another.
4. "I can‘t hug my team members." Still, she perseveres.
5. "To think, they can hug their families again," she said.