hug

hug
[[t]hʌ̱g[/t]]
hugs, hugging, hugged
1) V-RECIP 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.

[V n (non-recip)] She had hugged him exuberantly and invited him to dinner the next day...

[V n (non-recip)] They hugged each other like a couple of lost children...

[pl-n V] We hugged and kissed.

Syn:
N-COUNT
Hug is also a noun.

Syvil leapt out of the back seat, and gave him a hug.

2) VERB If you hug something, you hold it close to your body with your arms tightly round it.

[V n] Shaerl trudged toward them, hugging a large box...

[V n adv/prep] She hugged her legs tight to her chest...

[V n adv/prep] She stood hugging her quilted jacket round her.

3) VERB Something that hugs the ground or a stretch of land or water stays very close to it. [WRITTEN]

[V n] The road hugs the coast for hundreds of miles...

[V n] Our pilot reduced height until we hugged the ground.

4) → See also bear hug

English dictionary. 2008.

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  • 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. h?ka. Cf. {Huckster}.] 1. To cower; to crouch; to curl up. [Obs.] Palsgrave. [1913 Webster] 2.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Hug — Hug, Johann Leonhard, gelehrter katholischer Theolog, geb. 1. Juni 1765 in Constanz; wurde 1780 zum Priester geweiht u. 1791 Professor der Theologie in Freiburg, badischer Geheimrath u. Domherr daselbst, wo er den 11. März 1846 starb. Er schr.:… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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  • Hug — Hug, 1) Johann Leonhard, namhafter kath. Theolog, geb. 1765 in Konstanz, wurde 1789 Priester, 1791 Professor der Theologie in Freiburg, gest. daselbst 11. März 1846. Unter seinen Schriften hat bleibenden Wert seine »Einleitung in die Schriften… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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