hugged

Verb

hug (third-person singular simple present hugs, present participle hugging, simple past and past participle hugged)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To crouch; to huddle as with cold.
   • They had a slight breast work, and they hugged down behind it and waited.1885, M. Quad, Field, Fort and Fleet, page 354

   Synonyms:

   hunker, squat, stoop

2. (intransitive) To cling closely together.

   Synonyms:

   cleave

3. (reciprocal, transitive) To embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms.
   • Billy hugged Danny until he felt better.

   Synonyms:

   accoll

4. (transitive) To stay close to.
   • to hug the shore, to hug the coastline
5. (figuratively, transitive) To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.
   • We hug intellectual deformities, if they bear our names1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   treasure

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