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hug [huhg] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
hug [huhg]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: embrace
Synonyms: affection, bear hug, bunny hug, caress, clasp, clinch, lock, squeeze, tight grip
Antonyms: push, release
Main Entry: caress
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: loving touch
Synonyms: cuddle, embrace, endearment, feel, fondling, hug, kiss, pat, pet, petting, snuggle, squeeze, stroke
Main Entry: caress
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: touch lovingly
Synonyms: bear hug, brush, buss, clinch, clutch, coddle, cosset, cuddle, dandle, embrace, feel, fondle, graze, handle, hug, kiss, make love, massage, mug, neck, nestle, nuzzle, pat, pet, play around, rub, squeeze, stroke, toy
Example Sentences
  • Sometimes a screen is a screen, and sometimes a screen is a bear hug.
  • Receive a hug from my unconditionally loving child, and put things into perspective.
  • Many of the world's biggest clearers of trees have started to hug them.
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Main Entry: cherish
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: care about deeply
Synonyms: admire, adore, appreciate, apprize, care for, clasp, cleave to, cling to, coddle, comfort, cosset, cultivate, defend, dote on, embrace, encourage, enshrine, entertain, fancy, fondle, foster, guard, harbor, hold dear, hold in high esteem, honor, hug, idolize, like, love, nourish, nurse, nurture, pet, preserve, prize, revere, reverence, safeguard, shelter, shield, support, sustain, treasure, value, venerate, worship
Notes: cherish means to be fond of, be attached to, while nurture means to bring up, help develop, help grow, or provide with nourishment
Antonyms: abandon, denounce, forsake, not care, renounce
Main Entry: clasp
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fastener; hold on something
Synonyms: brooch, buckle, catch, clamp, clench, clinch, clip, clutch, embrace, fastening, fibula, grapple, grasp, grip, hasp, hold, hook, hug, pin, safety pin, snap
Main Entry: clasp
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: grab tightly
Synonyms: attack, bear hug, buckle, clamp, clinch, clip, clutch, coll, concatenate, connect, embrace, enfold, fasten, glom onto, grapple, grasp, grip, hold, hug, pin, press, seize, snatch, squeeze, take
Antonyms: let go, loose
Main Entry: clinch
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hold securely; grab
Synonyms: bolt, clamp, clasp, clench, clutch, cuddle, embrace, enfold, fasten, fix, grab hold of, grapple, grasp, grip, hug, lay hands on, make fast, nail, press, rivet, secure, seize, snatch, squeeze
Antonyms: let go
Main Entry: cling
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: attach to
Synonyms: adhere, be true to, cherish, clasp, cleave to, clutch, cohere, continue, embrace, endure, fasten, freeze to, grasp, grip, hang in, hang onto, hold fast, hug, last, linger, squeeze, stay put, stick, stick like glue
Antonyms: detach, let go, unfasten
Main Entry: crush
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: compress, smash
Synonyms: beat, bray, break, bruise, buck, comminute, contriturate, contuse, crease, crowd, crumble, crunch, embrace, enfold, express, hug, jam, kablooey, mash, pound, powder, press, pulverize, push, romp, rumple, squash, squeeze, squish, total*, trample, tread, triturate, wrinkle
Antonyms: let go, release, uncompress, unwrinkle
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