English

Pronunciation
wikipedia
hŭg, /h�ɡ/, /<tt>hVg</tt>/
audio|en-us-hug.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes:English:-�ɡ|Rhymes: -�ɡ

Noun
en-noun

1. An affectionate close embrace.
2. A crushing embrace.

Translations
trans-top|affectionate embrace
Danish: t-|da|kram
Finnish: t-|fi|hali, t+|fi|halaus
French: t+|fr|étreinte|f
German: t-|de|Umarmung|f
Italian: t+|it|abbraccio|m
Kurdish: KUchar|با���ش
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Norwegian: t-|no|klem|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|abraço|m
Romanian: îmbr�ţi�are f
Russian: об���ие (ob"játije)
Spanish: t+|es|abrazo|m
Swedish: t-|sv|kram|c
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Verb
en-verb|hug|g|ed

1. intransitive To cling closely together.
2. transitive To embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms.

#:Billy hugged Danny until he felt better.

1. transitive To stay close to (the shore etc.)

Synonyms
accoll i|obsolete
coll

Translations
trans-top|cling closely together
Italian: abbracciare transitive
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Kurdish: KUchar|با���ش گرت�
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trans-top|embrace
CJKV Characters: �, �; [�]], �; �
Danish: omfavne, kramme
Dutch: t-|nl|knuffelen
Faroese: t-|fo|klemma|xsFaroese, t-|fo|kroysta|xsFaroese
Finnish: t-|fi|halata
French: t+|fr|étreindre, t+|fr|serrer
German: t+|de|umarmen, t+|de|drücken
ttbc|Icelandic: faðma
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Italian: abbracciare transitive
Japanese: ��, �� (daku)
Kurdish: KUchar|با���ش گرت�
Russian: t|ru|обнима��|trobnimát'|scCyrl impf, t|ru|обн���|trobn'át'|scCyrl pf
Spanish: t+|es|abrazar
Portuguese: t+|pt|abraçar
Scottish Gaelic: ioma-ghlac
Swedish: t+|sv|krama, t+|sv|omfamna
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trans-top|stay close to the shore
Italian: tenersi vicino a
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See also
cuddle
huggle
kiss
snuggle
squeeze

Anagrams
ugh

Danish

Noun
hug n

1. cut

Category:Danish nouns lacking gender

Faroese

Noun
hug m
Indefinite accusative singular of hugur

1. thought, sense, spirit
2. desire, interest

Category:Faroese noun forms

bg:hug
de:hug
es:hug
fr:hug
io:hug
hu:hug
pl:hug
ro:hug
ru:hug
fi:hug
sv:hug
ta:hug
te:hug
vi:hug
zh:hug

• 2007-12-28 07:01 - Tbot - added t for fi, pt, fr, sv

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