hug
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (2)hugged, hugging, hugs
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Translations
Noun affectionate embrace
- Spanish
- abrazo
- French
- étreinte
- German
- Umarmung
- Italian
- abbraccio
- Portuguese
- abraço
- Russian
- объя́тие obʺjátije
- Arabic
- حَضْن ḥaḍn
- Chinese
- 拥抱 yōngbào
- Japanese
- 抱擁 hōyō
- Dutch
- knuffel
24 more languages
- Polish
- uścisk
- Swedish
- kram
- Greek
- αγκάλιασμα agkáliasma
- Korean
- 포옹 poong
- Hungarian
- ölelés
- Portuguese (PT)
- abraço
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 擁抱 yōngbào
- Albanian
- përqafim
- Catalan
- abraçada
- Czech
- objetí
- Danish
- knus
- Esperanto
- brakumo
- Estonian
- kalli
- Finnish
- halaus
- Georgian
- ჩახუტება čaxuṭeba
- Hebrew
- חיבוק khibúk
- Icelandic
- knús
- Norwegian
- klem
- Romanian
- îmbrățișare
- Scottish Gaelic
- ioma-ghlacadh
- Serbo-Croatian
- zagrljaj
- Slovenian
- objem
- Welsh
- cofleidiad
- Yiddish
- אַרומנעם arumnem
Verb to embrace
- Spanish
- abrazar
- French
- serrer dans ses bras
- German
- umarmen
- Italian
- abbracciare
- Portuguese
- abraçar
- Turkish
- sarılmak
- Russian
- обнима́ть obnimátʹ
- Arabic
- عَانَقَ ʕānaqa
- Chinese
- 拥抱 yōngbào
- Japanese
- 抱きしめる dakishimeru
24 more languages
- Dutch
- omhelzen
- Polish
- obejmować
- Swedish
- krama
- Greek
- αγκαλιάζω agkaliázo
- Korean
- 안다 anda
- Indonesian
- memeluk
- Vietnamese
- ôm
- Hungarian
- ölel
- Portuguese (PT)
- abraçar
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 擁抱 yōngbào
- Albanian
- përqafoj
- Catalan
- abraçar
- Czech
- obejmout
- Danish
- omfavne
- Esperanto
- brakumi
- Estonian
- embama
- Finnish
- halata
- Icelandic
- faðma
- Lithuanian
- apkabinti
- Norwegian
- klemme
- Romanian
- îmbrățișa
- Scottish Gaelic
- ioma-ghlac
- Slovak
- objať
- Yiddish
- האַלדזן haldzn
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: Prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. sidde paa huk to squat, Sw. huka sig to squat, Icel. h…ka. Cf. Huckster.
1. To cower; to crouch; to curl up. obsolete John Palsgrave
2. To crowd together; to cuddle. obsolete William Shakespeare
1. To press closely within the arms; to clasp to the bosom; to embrace. “And huggen me in his arms.” William Shakespeare
2. To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.
We hug deformities if they bear our names.— Joseph Glanvill
3. Nautical To keep close to; as, to hug the land; to hug the wind.
To hug one's self, to congratulate one's self; to chuckle.
A close embrace or clasping with the arms, as in affection or in wrestling. Thomas Fuller
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54