hug

/hʌg/ verb (present participle hugging, past tense and past participle hugged)

Definition

HOLD SOMEONE [I, T] › to put your arms around someone and hold them tightly, usually because you love them: They hugged and kissed each other.

BE CLOSE [T] › to stay very close to the edge of something: The road hugs the coast for several miles.

(Definition of hug verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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