hug
A close embrace, especially when charged with an emotion such as affection, joy,…A close embrace, especially when charged with an emotion such as affection, joy, relief, lust, anger, aggression, compassion, or the like, as opposed to being characterized by formality, equivocation or ambivalence (a half-embrace).
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» Tom gave Mary a huge hug.
Том крепко-крепко обнял Мэри. — sharptoothed
Том міцно обійняв Мері. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 sensesA close embrace, especially when charged with an emotion such as affection, joy, relief, lust, anger, aggression, compassion, or the like, as opposed to being characterized by formality, equivocation or ambivalence (a half-embrace).
Umarmung
объя́тиеobʺjátije, объя́тияobʺjátija, обнима́ниеobnimánije
обі́ймиobíjmy, об'я́ттяobʺjáttja, обійма́нняobijmánnja
A particular grip in wrestling.
- a tight or amorous embrace
Examples
1037 sentencesTom gave Mary a huge hug.
Том міцно обійняв Мері. — deniko
ruТом крепко-крепко обнял Мэри. — sharptoothed
Tom gave Mary a big hug.
Том міцно обійняв Мері. — deniko
ruТом крепко обнял Мэри. — sharptoothed
deTom hat Mary fest umarmt. — Espi
I can't wait to hug you.
Я не можу дочекатися, коли зможу тебе пригорнути. — deniko
ruЖду не дождусь момента, когда смогу обнять тебя. — Wezel
Come here. I need a hug.
Йди сюди. Мені потрібно, щоб мене пригорнули. — deniko
I don't ever hug Tom anymore.
Я більше взагалі не обіймаю Тома. — deniko
Translations
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Origin
From earlier hugge (“to embrace, clasp with the arms”) (1560), probably representing a conFrom earlier hugge (“to embrace, clasp with the arms”) (1560), probably representing a conflation of huck (“to crouch, huddle down”) and Old Norse hugga (“to comfort, console”), from hugr (“mind, heart, thought”), from Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“mind, thought, sense”), cognate with Icelandic hugga (“to comfort”), Old English hyġe (“thought”) (whence high (Etymology 2)).
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Forms
plural: hugsSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
19 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- hugged each other
- wanted to hug
- hugged and kissed
- need a hug
- hugged each
- needs a hug
- ever hug
- tried to hug
- a big hug
- not to hug
- big hug
- to be hugged
See also
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