hug
/hʌɡ/ verb A2- To cling closely together.
- To embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms. · Billy hugged Danny until he felt better.· They hugged for what seemed like an eternity.
- To stay close to. · to hug the shore, to hug the coastline
- To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.
He/she/it hugs · Past hugged · Past participle hugged · -ing form hugging
Verb forms
- Base form
- hug
- He/she/it
- hugs
- Past
- hugged
- Past participle
- hugged
- -ing form
- hugging
From the library
Darcy may hug himself.”
When the Scarecrow found himself among his friends again, he was so happy that he hugged them all, even the Lion and Toto; and as they walked along he sang “Tol-de-ri-de-oh!” at every step, he felt so gay.
“I have settled it all;” and then Teddy’s mother picked him up from the dust and hugged him, crying that he had saved Teddy from death, and Teddy’s father said that he was a providence, and Teddy looked on with big scared eyes.
She was pushed and pulled and hugged and among it all she managed to whisper to Jane:
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