HUG

v. n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To cower; to crouch; to curl up. [Obs.] Palsgrave.

2.
v.

To crowd together; to cuddle. [Obs.] Shak.

3.
v.

To press closely within the arms; to clasp to the bosom; to embrace. "And huggen me in his arms." Shak.

4.
v.

To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish. We hug deformities if they bear our names. Glanvill.

5.
v.

To keep close to; as, to hug the land; to hug the wind. To hug one's self, to congratulate one's self; to chuckle.

6.
n.

A close embrace or clasping with the arms, as in affection or in wrestling. Fuller.

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