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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(of the film, covering, chemical or material) that prevents the water loss.
Water-hugging films slow water loss from the hair.
"So making sure your soil has plenty of water-hugging organic material is a good move."
Water-hugging hotel, located on the end of the wharf and overhanging the harbour, has 280-degree views.
"With the decline of water travel, Manhattan turned increasingly in on itself, looking away from dilapidated piers and water-hugging industrial areas — its manufactories, its markets and its abattoirs — to a glorious new interior asset, Central Park, which became and remains the focus of public life."
Use water-hugging when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Water-hugging means (of the film, covering, chemical or material) that prevents the water loss.
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Water-hugging films slow water loss from the hair.
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