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/hʌɡ/ · noun
A close embrace, especially when charged with an emotion such as affection, joy, relief, lust, anger, aggression, compassion, and the like, as opposed to being characterized by formality, equivocation or ambivalence (a half-embrace or "little hug")..
They had a slight breast work, and they hugged down behind it and waited.
That is why they are so little known and never explored. During the day, when a Chilean cruiser nosed around uncomfortably close, the little sloop would be hugged under the lee of one of the islands, sail lowered and anchor dropped.
bright rocks whose stain of emerald or quartz shaft of shine the starfish hugged beneath the tide .
She put her feet on a rung and hugged down against her knees, making herself even smaller.
Zhai Tingshen stood at the window upstairs, his black eyes staring intently at the figure that was tightly hugged below.
Billy hugged Danny until he felt better.
They hugged for what seemed like an eternity.
to hug the shore, to hug the coastline
Use hug when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hug means A close embrace, especially when charged with an emotion such as affection, joy, relief, lust, anger, aggression, compassion, and the like, as opposed to being characterized by formality, equivocation or ambivalence (a half-embrace or "little hug")..
Common synonyms include hunker, squat, stoop, cleave.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
They had a slight breast work, and they hugged down behind it and waited.
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