| VERB | contact | hug, embrace, bosom, squeeze | squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness |
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| contact | hug | fit closely or tightly | |
| NOUN | act | hug, clinch, squeeze | a tight or amorous embrace |
| Sounds | hhah'g | |
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| Rhymes | bedbug ... Winnipeg: 26 rhymes with ahg... | |
| Meaning | A tight or amorous embrace. | |
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| Example | "come here and give me a big hug" | |
| Synonyms | clinch, squeeze | |
| Broader | embrace, embracing, embracement | The act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) |
| Spanish | abrazo apasionado, abrazo, achuchón, apretón | |
| Catalan | abraçada, masegada | |
| Verbs | hug | squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness |
| Meaning | Squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | Sam and Sue hug; Sam cannot hug Sue | |
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| Synonyms | embrace, bosom, squeeze | |
| Narrower | clinch | embrace amorously |
| cuddle | hold (a person or thing) close, as for affection, comfort, or warmth | |
| interlock, lock | Become engaged or intermeshed with one another | |
| Broader | clasp | hold firmly and tightly |
| Spanish | abrazar, estrujar, seno | |
| Catalan | abraçar | |
| Nouns | hug | a tight or amorous embrace |
| hugger | a person who hugs | |
| hugging | affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | |
| Meaning | fit closely or tightly. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The dress hugged her hips" | |
| Broader | touch, adjoin, meet, contact | Be in direct physical contact with |
| Spanish | abrazar, adherirse, pegarse a | |
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