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hug
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Noun
An act of holding someone tightly in one's arms, typically to express affection
Verb
Hold close, cling to
Keep close to
To cherish or cling to something, such as a belief
To congratulate
To adhere or stick firmly or closely to
To move (a baby or young child) up and down in a playful or affectionate way
To crowd or nestle closely together
Be situated along or around the edge of
To engage in sensuous caressing and touching
To accept something willingly or gladly
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Noun
▲
An act of holding someone tightly in one's arms, typically to express affection
embrace
squeeze
clasp
clinch
cuddle
caress
clutch
hold
affection
bear hug
lock
bunny hug
tight grip
fondle
fondling
grope
nuzzle
snuggle
petting
embracement
touching
stroking
touch
stroke
handclasp
canoodle
encirclement
necking session
feel-up
grasp
rub
rubbing
grip
enfoldment
scissors
cuddling
tight embrace
fumble
handgrip
clench
handhold
grapple
pat
pet
feel
nuzzling
skim
endearment
loving touch
purchase
clamp
more ❯
“Since he was a few inches taller than me, I jumped down from the
hug
and looked at him in the eye.”
Verb
▲
Hold close, cling to
embrace
clasp
cuddle
squeeze
enfold
cling
clutch
crush
enclasp
grasp
strain
embosom
accoll
clinch
coll
cradle
enbosom
envelop
follow closely
lock
love
nestle
press
receive
seize
welcome
cling to
hold someone close
hold tight
bear hug
hold onto
lie close
be near to
fold in arms
follow the course of
hold close
keep close
stay near
take in your arms
take in one's arms
clasp someone to one's bosom
enfold someone in one's arms
press someone to one's bosom
hold
wrap
fold
take
enclose
gather
nuzzle
snuggle
encircle
take in arms
grip
grapple
canoodle
spoon
encase
snoozle
fondle
caress
cuddle up
hold fondly
hold in one's arms
lie close to
fold in one's arms
clench
squash
pull
wedge
throttle
draw
grab
entwine
involve
fold in your arms
grab tightly
wrap up
fit
huddle up
entwine oneself around
ensconce oneself
nuzzle up to
cuddle up to
press up against
feel up
fall on someone's neck
clasp to one's bosom
mould
UK
burrow against
draw close
huddle against
mold
US
more ❯
“But a woman cries when she's handed a thick stack of bills, when people
hug
her and kiss her on the forehead.”
Verb
▲
Keep close to
follow closely
keep close to
stay near to
follow the course of
“The Denver Universal Spaceport was right on the coast of the Pacific Ocean,
hugging
the Colorado Island coastline.”
Verb
▲
To cherish or cling to something, such as a belief
cherish
clasp
harbor
US
harbour
UK
nurture
retain
foster
grip
maintain
nurse
cling to
hold onto
hold on to
keep in one's mind
“Does anyone
hug
the thought of happiness and not its relief?”
Verb
▲
To congratulate
compliment
felicitate
congratulate
praise
commend
salute
wish joy to
rejoice with
recommend
applaud
acclaim
honour
UK
laud
extol
honor
US
eulogize
US
cheer
ballyhoo
panegyrize
emblazon
flatter
boost
stroke
bless
acknowledge
eulogise
UK
sing the praises of
speak highly of
crack someone up
wax lyrical about
pat on back
big something up
big up
say nice things about
throw bouquets at
give a big cigar
hand it to
heap praise on
pay tribute to
hear it for
cry someone up
wish happy returns
crack something up
express admiration for
pat on the back
wish one well
make much of
give bouquet
give regards
gold star
speak well of
cry something up
hail
admire
celebrate
toast
clap
glorify
tout
accredit
express approval of
crack up
pay homage to
kudize
approve
welcome
rave about
praise to the skies
root
puff up
go into raptures about
approve of
take one's hat off to
endorse
aggrandize
appreciate
lionize
US
sanction
lionise
UK
encourage
commemorate
support
rave
build up
plug
give a posy
give it up for
look on with favour
give a big hand
adore
revere
venerate
mention
countenance
build
exalt
credit
rave over
give someone a pat on the back
adulate
vaunt
sing praises of
take off hat to
pay respects
pay respects to
ennoble
show appreciation for
advocate
proclaim
hymn
favour
UK
favor
US
hats off to
magnify
push
go into raptures over
distinguish
cite
dignify
cry up
give ovation
give a round of applause
put your hands together
give a hand
show your appreciation
give a standing ovation
express respect for
blow horn
give kudos
give approval
give a bouquet
recognize
US
festival
holiday
treat
feast
entertain
recognise
UK
fete
hurrah
hurray
whistle
roll out the red carpet
wine and dine
hold reception for
shout
yell
hoot
bring the house down
shout for
root for
rise to
holler for
cheer on
show one's appreciation of
put one's hands together for
sound off for
more ❯
Verb
▲
To adhere or stick firmly or closely to
cling
stick
adhere
hold
attach
cleave
fasten
hew
clasp
bond
bind
cohere
grip
clutch
grasp
embrace
hang
twine
hold fast
freeze to
hold on to
stay put
hang on
stick like glue
cleave to
hang onto
fix
secure
affix
join
tack
stay
snag
lodge
unite
clog
be fixed
be glued
stick fast
be stuck
be pasted
cling like ivy
be bogged down
hold on
stick like barnacle
glue
link
pin
weld
connect
nail
gum
fuse
paste
cement
stick together
conjoin
combine
solder
stick to like glue
bolt
screw
staple
clip
rivet
post
poise
display
couple
remain
deck
hook up
put up
nail up
put on a hook
pin up
hang up
stick up
be fastened
tack up
stick on
hold on like bulldog
stick like a barnacle
more ❯
Verb
▲
To move (a baby or young child) up and down in a playful or affectionate way
dandle
dance
rock
bounce
cradle
pet
toss
caress
cuddle
fondle
amuse
baby
cocker
coddle
cosset
indulge
jiggle
mollycoddle
nurse
pamper
ride
spoil
wet-nurse
jog
love
nuzzle
play
rub
shake
sport
stroke
toy
toy with
ride on knee
give a knee ride
touch
pat
feel
massage
nestle
gentle
squeeze
neck
feel up
canoodle
kiss
smooch
grope
maul
paw
molest
grab
bill and coo
knead
tickle
finger
touch up
touch gently
cop a feel of
brush
skim
graze
soothe
handle
hold
buss
touch lovingly
more ❯
Verb
▲
To crowd or nestle closely together
huddle
crowd
press
cluster
gather
bunch
throng
collect
flock
herd
pile
squeeze
congregate
group
pack
cram
foregather
jam
bend
confer
consult
converge
cower
discuss
mass
meet
parley
powwow
come together
crowd together
draw together
gather together
huddle up
press close
snuggle up
throng together
assemble
swarm
muster
rendezvous
rally
convene
concentrate
get together
amass
gang up
forgather
meet up
accumulate
associate
convoke
mob
teem
concenter
US
mobilise
UK
mobilize
US
form a group
conglomerate
concentre
UK
hang out
gather round
flock together
mill
corral
stream
push
unite
troop
congress
surge
band together
hive
reunite
pour in
hang around
gang around
rush
seethe
crowd around
cram somewhere
pack somewhere
organize
US
consort
meet privately
make contact
be reunited
join up
merge
form
harmonise
UK
connect
mingle
combine
organise
UK
cluster together
make the scene
collect together
pull together
show up
join
bunch up
link
line up
brigade
stuff
stack
pile up
harmonize
US
pull
round up
compile
collate
aggroup
load
heap
fill
brim
charge
ram
chock
swamp
bear
elbow
crush
overcrowd
deluge
bundle
shove
sardine
squash
squish
justle
congest
jam-pack
pack 'em in
pack like sardines
top off
coincide
intersect
clump
raise
focus
enter in
marshal
UK
marshall
US
move
besiege
lump
cross
concur
touch
focalize
encounter
appear
show
sit
be presented
be present
consolidate
socialize
US
be closeted
bind
arrange
truss
link up
socialise
UK
pool
integrate
meet behind closed doors
funnel
coalesce
hook up
make friends
pair off
see each other
have a meeting
take up with
fasten together
bring together
flood
flow
be full
be numerous
move in a crowd
gather like bees
be alive with
be overrun
be packed
rush together
be alive
overrun
more ❯
Verb
▲
Be situated along or around the edge of
skirt
border
fringe
edge
flank
line
abut
adjoin
bound
frame
join
margin
neighbour
UK
neighbor
US
rim
touch
border on
define
hem
march with
surround
verge
verge on
lie alongside
lie along
butt against
butt on
be adjacent to
meet
conjoin
be next to
enclose
encircle
circle
be bounded by
be contiguous with
connect
circumscribe
encompass
butt up against
ring
reach
connect with
couple with
butt up to
girdle
be connected to
trim
annex
US
converge
attach to
combine with
append
communicate
communicate with
annexe
UK
unite with
extend to
butt
link to
bound on
link with
affix to
impinge on
converge with
link up with
lie beside
be contiguous to
be close to
extend as far as
lie next to
follow
bind
band
outline
wall
environ
engird
gird
compass
screen
book-end
march
extend
rejoin
approximate
be situated along
neighbour on
touch on
lie
link
interconnect with
connect to
be at hand
trench on
lie near
be contiguous
be near
be nearby
be adjacent
open into
encase
impinge
case
contact
brush
envelop
graze
hit
mount
be against
strike
come together with
set
come into contact with
push against
be in contact
be up against
make contact with
be in contact with
impinge upon
hem in
fence in
be situated alongside
be attached to
abut on
run alongside
frame in
close in
set in a frame
approach
near
come near
be next door to
be alongside
be adjoining
resemble
echo
be like
compare
be similar to
parallel
match
tend towards
incline
trench
lean towards
be on the edge
approximate to
incline towards
be more or less
be near to
come close to
brink on
move on
gravitate toward
incline to
tend to
trend towards
be not far from
more ❯
Verb
▲
To engage in sensuous caressing and touching
pet
caress
cuddle
kiss
neck
canoodle
embrace
smooch
snog
spoon
make out
bill and coo
kiss and cuddle
get it on
play kissy-face
fondle
touch
cosset
love
feel up
French kiss
do it
carry on
snuggle
grope
fool around
roger
dandle
make whoopee
get one's oats
engage in heavy petting
bed
copulate
hump
shag
bang
screw
bonk
peck
root
osculate
buss
eff
make love
sleep with
air-kiss
sleep together
get laid
have sex
lie with
take into one's arms
make love with
have intercourse
roll in the hay
be intimate
make love to
have relations with
x
lip
blow
mush
salute
French
butterfly
glance
smack
greet
rub
plant a kiss on
brush one's lips against
blow a kiss to
pucker up
give a peck to
give a smacker to
more ❯
Verb
▲
To accept something willingly or gladly
welcome
embrace
greet
meet
receive
admit
entertain
offer hospitality to
play hostess to
play host to
show hospitality to
offer hospitality
say hello to
show in
take in
bid welcome
receive with open arms
roll out red carpet
roll out the red carpet for
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