Hug: alternatives and connections

To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append.

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To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp).

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A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.

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To fasten on, as armor.

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A clasp in the arms; embrace.

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of Embrace

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To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…

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To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.

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To lie close or snug; to crouch; to nestle.

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To unite, embrace, communicate with, or flow into, one another; to be connected in one system; to lock into one another; to interlace firmly.

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A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.

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To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.

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To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.

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To fasten on, as armor.

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To fasten on, as armor.

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A clasp in the arms; embrace.

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A clasp in the arms; embrace.

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of Embrace

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of Embrace

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The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them.

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To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.

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To fasten on, as armor.

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To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orang…

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