(~s, ~ging, ~ged)
1.
When you ~ 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 ~ each other or that they ~.
She had ~ged him exuberantly and invited him to dinner the next day...
We ~ged 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 ~.
N-COUNT
2.
If you ~ something, you hold it close to your body with your arms tightly round it.
Shaerl trudged toward them, ~ging a large box...
She ~ged her legs tight to her chest...
VERB: V n, V n adv/prep
3.
Something that ~s the ground or a stretch of land or water stays very close to it. (WRITTEN)
The road ~s the coast for hundreds of miles...
VERB: V n
4.
see also bear ~