transcription, транскрипция: [ hʌg ]
( 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