hug
verb /hʌɡ/
/hʌɡ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they hug | /hʌɡ/ /hʌɡ/ |
| he / she / it hugs | /hʌɡz/ /hʌɡz/ |
| past simple hugged | /hʌɡd/ /hʌɡd/ |
| past participle hugged | /hʌɡd/ /hʌɡd/ |
| -ing form hugging | /ˈhʌɡɪŋ/ /ˈhʌɡɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] hug (somebody) (+ adv./prep.) to put your arms around somebody and hold them tightly, especially to show that you like or love them synonym embrace
- They hugged each other.
- She hugged him tightly.
- He hugged Anna to him.
- They put their arms around each other and hugged.
Extra ExamplesTopics Family and relationshipsb2- George went to his daughter and hugged her tightly.
- He reached out and hugged her to him.
- She gave him a big hug and he hugged her back.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- close
- tight
- tightly
- …
- to
- hug and kiss somebody
- [transitive] hug something to put your arms around something and hold it close to your body
- She sat in the chair, hugging her knees.
- He hugged the hot-water bottle to his chest.
- [transitive] hug something (of a path, vehicle, etc.) to keep close to something for a distance
- The track hugs the coast for a mile.
- We crept along, hugging the perimeter fence.
- [transitive] hug something to fit tightly around something, especially a person’s body
- figure-hugging jeans
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Word Originmid 16th cent.: probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Norwegian hugga ‘comfort, console’.