"hug" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /hʌɡ/ Audio: en-us-hug.ogg [US] Forms: hugs [plural]
enPR: hŭg Rhymes: -ʌɡ Etymology: From 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)). Etymology templates: {{m|en|hugge|t=to embrace, clasp with the arms}} hugge (“to embrace, clasp with the arms”), {{m|en|huck|t=to crouch, huddle down}} huck (“to crouch, huddle down”), {{der|en|non|hugga|t=to comfort, console}} Old Norse hugga (“to comfort, console”), {{m|non|hugr|t=mind, heart, thought}} hugr (“mind, heart, thought”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*hugiz|t=mind, thought, sense}} Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“mind, thought, sense”), {{cog|is|hugga|t=to comfort}} Icelandic hugga (“to comfort”), {{cog|ang|hyġe|t=thought}} Old English hyġe (“thought”), {{m|en|high|id=thought}} high Head templates: {{en-noun}} hug (plural hugs)
  1. A close embrace, especially when charged with an emotion such as affection, joy, relief, lust, anger, aggression, compassion, and the like, as opposed to being characterized by formality, equivocation or ambivalence (a half-embrace or "little hug"). Translations (affectionate embrace): knuffel (Afrikaans), përqafim [masculine] (Albanian), اِحْتِضَان (iḥtiḍān) [masculine] (Arabic), حَضْن (ḥaḍn) [masculine] (Arabic), مُعَانَقَة (muʕānaqa) [feminine] (Arabic), عِنَاق (ʕināq) [masculine] (Arabic), ضَمَّة (ḍamma) [Hijazi-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), حُضُن (ḥuḍun) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), գրկում (grkum) (Armenian), besarkada (Basque), абды́мкі (abdýmki) [plural] (Belarusian), абды́мак (abdýmak) [masculine] (Belarusian), абдоймы (abdójmy) [plural] (Belarusian), kugos (Bikol Central), прегръ́дка (pregrǎ́dka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), abraçada [feminine] (Catalan), باوەش (baweş) (Central Kurdish), 擁抱 (Chinese Mandarin), 拥抱 (yōngbào) (Chinese Mandarin), 摟抱 (Chinese Mandarin), 搂抱 (lǒubào) (Chinese Mandarin), 偎抱 (wēibào) [formal] (Chinese Mandarin), abbraciu [masculine] (Corsican), objetí [neuter] (Czech), kram [neuter] (Danish), omfavnelse [common-gender] (Danish), knus [neuter] (Danish), knuffel [masculine] (Dutch), knuffelen [neuter] (Dutch), brakumo (Esperanto), ĉirkaŭpremo (Esperanto), ĉirkaŭpreno (Esperanto), enbrakigo (Esperanto), kalli (Estonian), kallistus (Estonian), klemm [neuter] (Faroese), hali (Finnish), halaus (Finnish), embrassade [feminine] (French), étreinte [feminine] (French), câlin [masculine] (French), accolade [feminine] (French), abrazo [masculine] (Galician), ჩახუტება (čaxuṭeba) (Georgian), Umarmung [feminine] (German), αγκαλιά (agkaliá) [neuter] (Greek), αγκάλιασμα (agkáliasma) [neuter] (Greek), añua (Guaraní), חיבוק \ חִבּוּק (khibúk) [masculine] (Hebrew), आलिंगन (āliṅgan) [masculine] (Hindi), ölelés (Hungarian), knús [neuter] (Icelandic), faðmlag [neuter] (Icelandic), embraco (Ido), cuach [feminine] (Irish), abbraccio [masculine] (Italian), 抱擁 (hōyō) (alt: ほうよう) (Japanese), ハグ (hagu) (Japanese), kaul (Kapampangan), kawul (Kapampangan), ការអោបរឹត (kaa aop riit) (Khmer), អាលិង្គន (aalɨŋkʊən) (Khmer), 포옹 (poong) (alt: 抱擁) (Korean), complexus [masculine] (Latin), apkampiens [masculine] (Latvian), apkabinimas [masculine] (Lithuanian), łono [neuter] (Lower Sorbian), Ëmaarmung [feminine] (Luxembourgish), прегрнување (pregrnuvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), прегратка (pregratka) [feminine] (Macedonian), гушка (guška) [feminine] (Macedonian), pelukan (Malay), കെട്ടിപ്പിടിക്കൽ (keṭṭippiṭikkal) (Malayalam), ആലിംഗനം (āliṅganaṁ) (Malayalam), ആശ്ലേഷം (āślēṣaṁ) (Malayalam), hemêz (Northern Kurdish), klem [masculine] (Norwegian), clypping [feminine] (Old English), بغل (bağal) (Persian), بغل گیری (Persian), przytulenie [neuter] (Polish), obejmowanie [neuter] (Polish), objęcie [neuter] (Polish), abraço [masculine] (Portuguese), zagrljaj [masculine] (Romani), îmbrățișare [feminine] (Romanian), объя́тие (obʺjátije) [neuter] (Russian), обнима́ние (obnimánije) [neuter] (Russian), abbratzada [feminine] (Sardinian), ioma-ghlacadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), загрљај [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), abbrazzu [masculine] (Sicilian), objatie [neuter] (Slovak), objèm [masculine] (Slovene), باوِش (bawiş) (Southern Kurdish), abrazo [masculine] (Spanish), kram [common-gender] (Swedish), yakap (Tagalog), กอด (gɔ̀ɔt) (Thai), sarılma (Turkish), об'я́ття (obʺjáttja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), обі́йми (obíjmy) [plural] (Ukrainian), обійма́ння (obijmánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), wobjeće [neuter] (Upper Sorbian), wobjimanje [neuter] (Upper Sorbian), cái ôm (Vietnamese), cofleidiad [masculine] (Welsh), אַרומנעם (arumnem) [masculine] (Yiddish), vırar (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-hug-en-noun-TPkhXwA~ Categories (other): Central Kurdish terms with redundant script codes, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Central Kurdish terms with redundant script codes: 45 2 3 2 2 5 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 3 7 6 4 14 36 Disambiguation of 'affectionate embrace': 95 5
  2. A particular grip in wrestling.
    Sense id: en-hug-en-noun-QacSAvoa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: /hʌɡ/ Audio: en-us-hug.ogg [US] Forms: hugs [present, singular, third-person], hugging [participle, present], hugged [participle, past], hugged [past]
enPR: hŭg Rhymes: -ʌɡ Etymology: From 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)). Etymology templates: {{m|en|hugge|t=to embrace, clasp with the arms}} hugge (“to embrace, clasp with the arms”), {{m|en|huck|t=to crouch, huddle down}} huck (“to crouch, huddle down”), {{der|en|non|hugga|t=to comfort, console}} Old Norse hugga (“to comfort, console”), {{m|non|hugr|t=mind, heart, thought}} hugr (“mind, heart, thought”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*hugiz|t=mind, thought, sense}} Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“mind, thought, sense”), {{cog|is|hugga|t=to comfort}} Icelandic hugga (“to comfort”), {{cog|ang|hyġe|t=thought}} Old English hyġe (“thought”), {{m|en|high|id=thought}} high Head templates: {{en-verb}} hug (third-person singular simple present hugs, present participle hugging, simple past and past participle hugged)
  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To crouch; to huddle as with cold. Tags: intransitive, obsolete Synonyms (crouch): hunker, squat, stoop
    Sense id: en-hug-en-verb-cjazhN6K Disambiguation of 'crouch': 88 2 2 0 7
  2. (intransitive) To cling closely together. Tags: intransitive Synonyms (cling closely): cleave Translations (to cling closely together): qucaqlaşmaq (Azerbaijani), باوەش گرتن (baweş girtin) (Central Kurdish), 擁抱 (Chinese Mandarin), 拥抱 (yōngbào) (Chinese Mandarin), elkaar omarmen (Dutch), brakumi (Esperanto), painautua yhteen (Finnish), sich umarmen (German), αγκαλιάζω (agkaliázo) (Greek), összeölelkezik (Hungarian), faðmast (Icelandic), barróg a thabhairt dá chéile (Irish), abbracciare (Italian), 抱擁する (hōyō suru) (alt: ほうようする) (Japanese), 抱く (idaku) (alt: いだく) (Japanese), sech ëmaarmen (Luxembourgish), tauawhi (Maori), обнима́ться (obnimátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), обня́ться (obnjátʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), abbratzare (Sardinian), objéti (Slovene), abrazar (Spanish), kramas (Swedish), обійма́тися (obijmátysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), обійнятись (obijnjatysʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-hug-en-verb-ZMopMiw3 Disambiguation of 'cling closely': 2 55 17 4 22 Disambiguation of 'to cling closely together': 1 79 6 1 12
  3. (transitive) To embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms. Tags: transitive Synonyms (embrace): accoll [obsolete] Translations (to embrace): 𖼀𖽔 (A-Hmao), përqafoj (Albanian), عَانَقَ (ʕānaqa) (Arabic), اِحْتَضَنَ (iḥtaḍana) (Arabic), حَضَنَ (ḥaḍana) (Arabic), ضَمّ (ḍamm) [Hijazi-Arabic] (Arabic), حَضَن (ḥaḍan) [Hijazi-Arabic] (Arabic), գրկել (grkel) (Armenian), փարվել (pʻarvel) (Armenian), ambratsu (Aromanian), qucaqlamaq (Azerbaijani), bağrına basmaq (Azerbaijani), besarkatu (Basque), абдыма́ць (abdymácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), абня́ць (abnjácʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), прегръ́щам (pregrǎ́štam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), прегъ́рна (pregǎ́rna) [perfective] (Bulgarian), ဖက် (hpak) (Burmese), abraçar (Catalan), باوەش گرتن (baweş girtin) (Central Kurdish), (pou⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 擁抱 (Chinese Mandarin), 拥抱 (yōngbào) (Chinese Mandarin), 摟抱 (Chinese Mandarin), 搂抱 (lǒubào) (Chinese Mandarin), 偎抱 (wēibào) [formal] (Chinese Mandarin), 摟摟 (Chinese Mandarin), 搂搂 (lǒulou) (Chinese Mandarin), 抱抱 (bàobao) (Chinese Mandarin), objímat [imperfective] (Czech), obejmout [perfective] (Czech), omfavne (Danish), kramme (Danish), knuse (Danish), knuffelen (Dutch), omarmen (Dutch), i-n:q-D32:D40 (jnq) (Egyptian), q:n-i-D32 (qnj) (Egyptian), H-p:t-D32:a (ḥpt) (Egyptian), brakumi (Esperanto), embama (Estonian), klemma (Faroese), kroysta (Faroese), halata (Finnish), étreindre (French), serrer (French), embrasser (French), abrazar (Galician), მოიცავს (moicavs) (Georgian), ეხუტება (exuṭeba) (Georgian), umarmen (German), drücken (German), αγκαλιάζω (agkaliázo) (Greek), añua (Guaraní), חיבק \ חִבֵּק (khibék) (Hebrew), חָבַק (khavák) (Hebrew), आलिंगन करना (āliṅgan karnā) (Hindi), ölel (Hungarian), faðma (Icelandic), knúsa (Icelandic), embracar (Ido), memeluk (Indonesian), mendekap (Indonesian), cuach (Irish), abbracciare (Italian), 抱擁する (hōyō suru) (alt: ほうようする) (Japanese), 抱く (idaku) (alt: いだく) (Japanese), だく (daku) (Japanese), ハグする (hagu suru) (Japanese), 안다 (anda) (Jeju), abrasa (Kabuverdianu), brasá (Kabuverdianu), құшақтау (qūşaqtau) (Kazakh), құшу (qūşu) (Kazakh), айқалау (aiqalau) (Kazakh), аймалау (aimalau) (Kazakh), អោបរឹត (ʼaop rɨt) (Khmer), 안다 (anda) (Korean), 포옹하다 (poonghada) (Korean), 끌어안다 (kkeureoanda) (Korean), 껴안다 (kkyeoanda) (Korean), кучактоо (kucaktoo) (Kyrgyz), ກອດ (kǭt) (Lao), amplector (Latin), complector (Latin), apskaut (Latvian), apkabinti (Lithuanian), ëmäerbelen (Luxembourgish), ëmäermelen (Luxembourgish), ëmaarmen (Luxembourgish), гушка (guška) [imperfective] (Macedonian), гушне (gušne) [perfective] (Macedonian), прегрнува (pregrnuva) [imperfective] (Macedonian), прегрне (pregrne) [perfective] (Macedonian), обгрнува (obgrnuva) [imperfective] (Macedonian), обгрне (obgrne) [perfective] (Macedonian), memeluk (Malay), കെട്ടിപ്പിടിക്കുക (keṭṭippiṭikkuka) (Malayalam), għannaq (Maltese), ħaddan (Maltese), kēkeke (Maori), awhi (Maori), тэврэх (tevrex) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), fátmut (Northern Sami), sallut (Northern Sami), klemme (Norwegian Bokmål), omfavne (Norwegian Bokmål), clyppan (Old English), faðma (Old Norse), hammachuu (Oromo), بغل کردن (bağal kardan) (Persian), در آغوش گرفتن (dar âğuš gereftan) (Persian), ampuṉi (Pitjantjatjara), przytulać [imperfective] (Polish), przytulić [perfective] (Polish), tulić [imperfective] (Polish), obejmować [imperfective] (Polish), objąć [perfective] (Polish), uściskać [imperfective] (Polish), uścisnąć [perfective] (Polish), abraçar (Portuguese), îmbrățișa (Romanian), обнима́ть (obnimátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), обня́ть (obnjátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), abbratzare (Sardinian), ioma-ghlac (Scottish Gaelic), гр̏лити [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), за̀грлити [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), о̀бгрлити [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), обујмљи́вати [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), обу́јмити [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), gȑliti [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), zàgrliti [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), òbgrliti [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), obujmljívati [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), obújmiti [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), қучақтарға (quçaqtarğa) (Shor), objímať [imperfective] (Slovak), objať [perfective] (Slovak), objemati [imperfective] (Slovene), objéti [perfective] (Slovene), abrazar (Spanish), krama (Swedish), omfamna (Swedish), yakap (Tagalog), оғӯш кардан (oġüš kardan) (Tajik), กอด (gɔ̀ɔt) (Thai), yäks- (Tocharian B), sarılmak (Turkish), 𐎈𐎁𐎖 (ḥbq) (Ugaritic), обійма́ти (obijmáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), обійня́ти (obijnjáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), обніма́ти (obnimáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), обня́ти (obnjáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), quchoqlamoq (Uzbek), quchmoq (Uzbek), ôm (Vietnamese), האַלדזן (haldzn) (Yiddish), אַרומנעמען (arumnemen) (Yiddish), dìmọ́ (Yoruba)
    Sense id: en-hug-en-verb-lzI5RvG6 Disambiguation of 'embrace': 4 5 82 0 9 Disambiguation of 'to embrace': 3 4 84 0 8
  4. (transitive) To stay close to. Tags: transitive Translations (to stay close to): pysyä lähellä (Finnish), pysyä lähettyvillä (Finnish), serrer (French), tenersi vicino (Italian), haumiri (Maori), miri (Maori)
    Sense id: en-hug-en-verb-OBaFlKLs Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 3 7 6 4 14 36 Disambiguation of 'to stay close to': 0 1 2 97 0
  5. (transitive, figurative) To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish. Tags: figuratively, transitive Synonyms (hold fast): treasure
    Sense id: en-hug-en-verb-Tp043kb7 Categories (other): Central Kurdish terms with redundant script codes, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Central Kurdish terms with redundant script codes: 45 2 3 2 2 5 40 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 3 7 4 2 6 49 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 3 7 6 4 14 36 Disambiguation of 'hold fast': 3 2 3 1 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: stick, adhere, coll, embrace Derived forms: huggle, huggy, body-hugging, figure-hugging, huggable, hugger, hug-me-tight, hug oneself Related terms: cuddle, huggle, kiss, snuggle, squeeze

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for hug meaning in English (48.5kB)

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        [
          "ambivalence",
          "ambivalence"
        ],
        [
          "half-embrace",
          "half-embrace"
        ],
        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "knuffel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "përqafim"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "iḥtiḍān",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "اِحْتِضَان"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḥaḍn",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "حَضْن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "muʕānaqa",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "مُعَانَقَة"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʕināq",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "عِنَاق"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "acw",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḍamma",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "Hijazi-Arabic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ضَمَّة"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "acw",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḥuḍun",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "Hijazi-Arabic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "حُضُن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "grkum",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "գրկում"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "besarkada"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "abdýmki",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "абды́мкі"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "abdýmak",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "абды́мак"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "abdójmy",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "абдоймы"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "bcl",
          "lang": "Bikol Central",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "kugos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "pregrǎ́dka",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "прегръ́дка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "abraçada"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "擁抱"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yōngbào",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "拥抱"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "摟抱"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "lǒubào",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "搂抱"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wēibào",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "formal"
          ],
          "word": "偎抱"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "co",
          "lang": "Corsican",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "abbraciu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "objetí"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "kram"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "omfavnelse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "knus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "knuffel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "knuffelen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "brakumo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "ĉirkaŭpremo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "ĉirkaŭpreno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "enbrakigo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "kalli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "kallistus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "klemm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "hali"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "halaus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "embrassade"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "étreinte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "câlin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "accolade"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "abrazo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "čaxuṭeba",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "ჩახუტება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Umarmung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "agkaliá",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "αγκαλιά"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "agkáliasma",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "αγκάλιασμα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "gn",
          "lang": "Guaraní",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "añua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "khibúk",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "חיבוק \\ חִבּוּק"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "āliṅgan",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "आलिंगन"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "ölelés"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "knús"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "faðmlag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "embraco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cuach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "abbraccio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "alt": "ほうよう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hōyō",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "抱擁"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hagu",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "ハグ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pam",
          "lang": "Kapampangan",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "kaul"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pam",
          "lang": "Kapampangan",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "kawul"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kaa aop riit",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "ការអោបរឹត"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "aalɨŋkʊən",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "អាលិង្គន"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "alt": "抱擁",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "poong",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "포옹"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "baweş",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "باوەش"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "hemêz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sdh",
          "lang": "Southern Kurdish",
          "roman": "bawiş",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "باوِش"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "complexus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "apkampiens"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "apkabinimas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Ëmaarmung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "pregrnuvanje",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "прегрнување"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "pregratka",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "прегратка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "guška",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "гушка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "pelukan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "keṭṭippiṭikkal",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "കെട്ടിപ്പിടിക്കൽ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "āliṅganaṁ",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "ആലിംഗനം"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "āślēṣaṁ",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "ആശ്ലേഷം"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "klem"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "clypping"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "bağal",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "بغل"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "بغل گیری"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "przytulenie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "obejmowanie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "objęcie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "abraço"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Romani",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "zagrljaj"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "îmbrățișare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obʺjátije",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "объя́тие"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obnimánije",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "обнима́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "abbratzada"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ioma-ghlacadh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "загрљај"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "abbrazzu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "objatie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "objèm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "łono"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "hsb",
          "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "wobjeće"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "hsb",
          "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "wobjimanje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "abrazo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "kram"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "yakap"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "gɔ̀ɔt",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "กอด"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "sarılma"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "obʺjáttja",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "об'я́ття"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "obíjmy",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "обі́йми"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "obijmánnja",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "обійма́ння"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "cái ôm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cofleidiad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "arumnem",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "אַרומנעם"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "affectionate embrace",
          "word": "vırar"
        }
      ]
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      ],
      "id": "en-hug-en-noun-QacSAvoa",
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        [
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          "grip"
        ],
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          "wrestling",
          "wrestling"
        ]
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/hʌɡ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌɡ"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-hug.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8b/En-us-hug.ogg/En-us-hug.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/En-us-hug.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "hŭg"
    }
  ],
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    "hug"
  ],
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}

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "huggle"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "huggy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "body-hugging"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "huggable"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hugger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hug-me-tight"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hug oneself"
    }
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        "2": "hugge",
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      "name": "m"
    },
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        "2": "huck",
        "t": "to crouch, huddle down"
      },
      "expansion": "huck (“to crouch, huddle down”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "non",
        "3": "hugga",
        "t": "to comfort, console"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse hugga (“to comfort, console”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "hugr",
        "t": "mind, heart, thought"
      },
      "expansion": "hugr (“mind, heart, thought”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
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        "t": "mind, thought, sense"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "hugga",
        "t": "to comfort"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "hyġe",
        "t": "thought"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English hyġe (“thought”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "high",
        "id": "thought"
      },
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      "name": "m"
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    {
      "form": "hugs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hugging",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hugged",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "hugged",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cuddle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "huggle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kiss"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "snuggle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "squeeze"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "ref": "1885, M. Quad, Field, Fort and Fleet, page 354",
          "text": "They had a slight breast work, and they hugged down behind it and waited.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1892, Paul Boyton, The Story of Paul Boyton",
          "text": "That is why they are so little known and never explored. During the day, when a Chilean cruiser nosed around uncomfortably close, the little sloop would be hugged under the lee of one of the islands, sail lowered and anchor dropped.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1892, The Sewanee Review - Volume 66, page 263",
          "text": "bright rocks whose stain of emerald or quartz shaft of shine the starfish hugged beneath the tide .",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Thomas Gifford, The Cavanaugh Quest",
          "text": "She put her feet on a rung and hugged down against her knees, making herself even smaller.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Zhenyinfang, Marital Passion",
          "text": "Zhai Tingshen stood at the window upstairs, his black eyes staring intently at the figure that was tightly hugged below.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "To crouch; to huddle as with cold."
      ],
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          "crouch"
        ],
        [
          "huddle",
          "huddle"
        ],
        [
          "cold",
          "cold"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, obsolete) To crouch; to huddle as with cold."
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 2 0 7",
          "sense": "crouch",
          "word": "hunker"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 2 0 7",
          "sense": "crouch",
          "word": "squat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 2 0 7",
          "sense": "crouch",
          "word": "stoop"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "obsolete"
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "To cling closely together."
      ],
      "id": "en-hug-en-verb-ZMopMiw3",
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        [
          "cling",
          "cling"
        ],
        [
          "together",
          "together"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To cling closely together."
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 55 17 4 22",
          "sense": "cling closely",
          "word": "cleave"
        }
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 79 6 1 12",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to cling closely together",
          "word": "qucaqlaşmaq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 79 6 1 12",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to cling closely together",
          "word": "擁抱"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 79 6 1 12",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yōngbào",
          "sense": "to cling closely together",
          "word": "拥抱"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 79 6 1 12",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to cling closely together",
          "word": "elkaar omarmen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 79 6 1 12",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to cling closely together",
          "word": "brakumi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 79 6 1 12",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to cling closely together",
          "word": "painautua yhteen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 79 6 1 12",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cling closely together",
          "word": "sich umarmen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 79 6 1 12",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "agkaliázo",
          "sense": "to cling closely together",
          "word": "αγκαλιάζω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 79 6 1 12",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to cling closely together",
          "word": "összeölelkezik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 79 6 1 12",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to cling closely together",
          "word": "faðmast"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 79 6 1 12",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to cling closely together",
          "word": "barróg a thabhairt dá chéile"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 79 6 1 12",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to cling closely together",
          "word": "abbracciare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 79 6 1 12",
          "alt": "ほうようする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hōyō suru",
          "sense": "to cling closely together",
          "word": "抱擁する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 79 6 1 12",
          "alt": "いだく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "idaku",
          "sense": "to cling closely together",
          "word": "抱く"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 79 6 1 12",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "baweş girtin",
          "sense": "to cling closely together",
          "word": "باوەش گرتن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 79 6 1 12",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "to cling closely together",
          "word": "sech ëmaarmen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 79 6 1 12",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to cling closely together",
          "word": "tauawhi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 79 6 1 12",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obnimátʹsja",
          "sense": "to cling closely together",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "обнима́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 79 6 1 12",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obnjátʹsja",
          "sense": "to cling closely together",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "обня́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 79 6 1 12",
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "to cling closely together",
          "word": "abbratzare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 79 6 1 12",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to cling closely together",
          "word": "objéti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 79 6 1 12",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to cling closely together",
          "word": "abrazar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 79 6 1 12",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to cling closely together",
          "word": "kramas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 79 6 1 12",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "obijmátysja",
          "sense": "to cling closely together",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "обійма́тися"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 79 6 1 12",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "obijnjatysʹ",
          "sense": "to cling closely together",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "обійнятись"
        }
      ]
    },
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        {
          "text": "Billy hugged Danny until he felt better.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "To embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms."
      ],
      "id": "en-hug-en-verb-lzI5RvG6",
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        [
          "embrace",
          "embrace"
        ],
        [
          "holding",
          "holding"
        ],
        [
          "closely",
          "closely"
        ],
        [
          "especially",
          "especially"
        ],
        [
          "arms",
          "arms"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 5 82 0 9",
          "sense": "embrace",
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "accoll"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "hmd",
          "lang": "A-Hmao",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "𖼀𖽔"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "përqafoj"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʕānaqa",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "عَانَقَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "iḥtaḍana",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "اِحْتَضَنَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḥaḍana",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "حَضَنَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "acw",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḍamm",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "tags": [
            "Hijazi-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "ضَمّ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "acw",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḥaḍan",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "tags": [
            "Hijazi-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "حَضَن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "grkel",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "գրկել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "pʻarvel",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "փարվել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "ambratsu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "qucaqlamaq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "bağrına basmaq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "besarkatu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "abdymácʹ",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "абдыма́ць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "abnjácʹ",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "абня́ць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "pregrǎ́štam",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "прегръ́щам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "pregǎ́rna",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "прегъ́рна"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "hpak",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "ဖက်"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "abraçar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "pou⁵",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "抱"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "擁抱"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yōngbào",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "拥抱"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "摟抱"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "lǒubào",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "搂抱"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wēibào",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "tags": [
            "formal"
          ],
          "word": "偎抱"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "摟摟"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "lǒulou",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "搂搂"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bàobao",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "抱抱"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to embrace",
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          "sense": "to embrace",
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          "sense": "to embrace",
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to embrace",
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to embrace",
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          "code": "fo",
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          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "klemma"
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        {
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          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "kroysta"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "halata"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "étreindre"
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        {
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "serrer"
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        {
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          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "embrasser"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "abrazar"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "moicavs",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "მოიცავს"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "exuṭeba",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "ეხუტება"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "umarmen"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "drücken"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "agkaliázo",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "αγκαλιάζω"
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        {
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          "code": "gn",
          "lang": "Guaraní",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "añua"
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "khibék",
          "sense": "to embrace",
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          "word": "חָבַק"
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          "roman": "āliṅgan karnā",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "आलिंगन करना"
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        {
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          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "ölel"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "faðma"
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        {
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to embrace",
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        {
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "embracar"
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "memeluk"
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        {
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "mendekap"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "cuach"
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        {
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "abbracciare"
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          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "hōyō suru",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "抱擁する"
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          "alt": "いだく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "idaku",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "抱く"
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        {
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          "word": "だく"
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          "roman": "hagu suru",
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          "word": "ハグする"
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          "code": "jje",
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          "roman": "anda",
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          "word": "안다"
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          "code": "kea",
          "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "abrasa"
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        {
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          "code": "kea",
          "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
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          "word": "brasá"
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          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "qūşaqtau",
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          "word": "құшақтау"
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        {
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          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "qūşu",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "құшу"
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          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "aiqalau",
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          "word": "айқалау"
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        {
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          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "aimalau",
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          "word": "аймалау"
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          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "ʼaop rɨt",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "អោបរឹត"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "anda",
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          "word": "안다"
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        {
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "poonghada",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "포옹하다"
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          "roman": "kkeureoanda",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "끌어안다"
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          "roman": "kkyeoanda",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "껴안다"
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          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "baweş girtin",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "باوەش گرتن"
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          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "kucaktoo",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "кучактоо"
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        {
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          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "kǭt",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "ກອດ"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "amplector"
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        {
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          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "complector"
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "apskaut"
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          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "apkabinti"
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          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "ëmäerbelen"
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          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "ëmäermelen"
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          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "ëmaarmen"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "guška",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "гушка"
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          "roman": "gušne",
          "sense": "to embrace",
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          "word": "гушне"
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          "roman": "pregrnuva",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "прегрнува"
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          "roman": "pregrne",
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          "word": "обгрнува"
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          "word": "обгрне"
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          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "memeluk"
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          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "keṭṭippiṭikkuka",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "കെട്ടിപ്പിടിക്കുക"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "għannaq"
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        {
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          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "ħaddan"
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        {
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "kēkeke"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "awhi"
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        {
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          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "tevrex",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "тэврэх"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "se",
          "lang": "Northern Sami",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "fátmut"
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        {
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          "lang": "Northern Sami",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "sallut"
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "klemme"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "omfavne"
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          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "clyppan"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "non",
          "lang": "Old Norse",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "faðma"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "om",
          "lang": "Oromo",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "hammachuu"
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        {
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "bağal kardan",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "بغل کردن"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "dar âğuš gereftan",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "در آغوش گرفتن"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "pjt",
          "lang": "Pitjantjatjara",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "ampuṉi"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "przytulać"
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        {
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to embrace",
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          "word": "przytulić"
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        {
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "tulić"
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        {
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "obejmować"
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        {
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "objąć"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "uściskać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "uścisnąć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "abraçar"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "îmbrățișa"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obnimátʹ",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "обнима́ть"
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        {
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obnjátʹ",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "обня́ть"
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        {
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          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "abbratzare"
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        {
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "ioma-ghlac"
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "tags": [
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            "imperfective"
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          "word": "гр̏лити"
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        {
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          "sense": "to embrace",
          "tags": [
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            "perfective"
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          "word": "за̀грлити"
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        {
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          "sense": "to embrace",
          "tags": [
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            "perfective"
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          "word": "о̀бгрлити"
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        {
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          "sense": "to embrace",
          "tags": [
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            "imperfective"
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          "word": "обујмљи́вати"
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        {
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          "sense": "to embrace",
          "tags": [
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            "perfective"
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          "word": "обу́јмити"
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        {
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          "tags": [
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            "imperfective"
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          "word": "gȑliti"
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        {
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "tags": [
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            "perfective"
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          "word": "zàgrliti"
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        {
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          "sense": "to embrace",
          "tags": [
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            "perfective"
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          "word": "òbgrliti"
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        {
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          "sense": "to embrace",
          "tags": [
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            "imperfective"
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          "word": "obujmljívati"
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        {
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          "tags": [
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            "perfective"
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          "word": "obújmiti"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "cjs",
          "lang": "Shor",
          "roman": "quçaqtarğa",
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          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
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          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "abrazar"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "krama"
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          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
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          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "yakap"
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          "roman": "oġüš kardan",
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          "word": "оғӯш кардан"
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          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
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          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "gɔ̀ɔt",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "กอด"
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          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
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          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "yäks-"
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          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "sarılmak"
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          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "uga",
          "lang": "Ugaritic",
          "roman": "ḥbq",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "𐎈𐎁𐎖"
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          "roman": "obijmáty",
          "sense": "to embrace",
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          "word": "обійма́ти"
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          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
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          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
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          "sense": "to embrace",
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          ],
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          "roman": "obnjáty",
          "sense": "to embrace",
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          "word": "обня́ти"
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          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "quchoqlamoq"
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          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
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          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "quchmoq"
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "ôm"
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          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "haldzn",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "האַלדזן"
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          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "yi",
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          "roman": "arumnemen",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "אַרומנעמען"
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          "_dis1": "3 4 84 0 8",
          "code": "yo",
          "lang": "Yoruba",
          "sense": "to embrace",
          "word": "dìmọ́"
        }
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          "text": "to hug the shore, to hug the coastline",
          "type": "example"
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          "ref": "2020 October 21, Dr Joseph Brennan, “From the main line and over the waves”, in Rail, page 60",
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        "To stay close to."
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        "(transitive) To stay close to."
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          "sense": "to stay close to",
          "word": "pysyä lähellä"
        },
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          "word": "pysyä lähettyvillä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 2 97 0",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to stay close to",
          "word": "serrer"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "note": "(szorosan) a közelében/közel/mellette/mentén marad/halad",
          "sense": "to stay close to"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 1 2 97 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to stay close to",
          "word": "tenersi vicino"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 2 97 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to stay close to",
          "word": "haumiri"
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          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "to stay close to",
          "word": "miri"
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        "To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish."
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        "(transitive, figurative) To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish."
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      "ipa": "/hʌɡ/"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "adhere"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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      "word": "bear hug"
    },
    {
      "word": "bro-hug"
    },
    {
      "word": "bro hug"
    },
    {
      "word": "bunny-hug"
    },
    {
      "word": "bunny hug"
    },
    {
      "word": "cyberhug"
    },
    {
      "word": "e-hug"
    },
    {
      "word": "hug-box"
    },
    {
      "word": "hug box"
    },
    {
      "word": "huggle"
    },
    {
      "word": "huggy"
    },
    {
      "word": "hug machine"
    },
    {
      "word": "hug of death"
    },
    {
      "word": "man hug"
    },
    {
      "word": "side hug"
    }
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      "name": "m"
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      "name": "der"
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      },
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        "1": "is",
        "2": "hugga",
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      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
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        "id": "thought"
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          "especially"
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          "charge"
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          "emotion"
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          "affection",
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          "joy"
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        [
          "relief",
          "relief"
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        [
          "lust",
          "lust"
        ],
        [
          "anger",
          "anger"
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        [
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          "aggression"
        ],
        [
          "compassion",
          "compassion"
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          "characterize"
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          "formality"
        ],
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          "equivocation",
          "equivocation"
        ],
        [
          "ambivalence",
          "ambivalence"
        ],
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          "half-embrace",
          "half-embrace"
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          "little",
          "little"
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      "glosses": [
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        [
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          "grip"
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      "ipa": "/hʌɡ/"
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      "rhymes": "-ʌɡ"
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "knuffel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "përqafim"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "iḥtiḍān",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "اِحْتِضَان"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥaḍn",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "حَضْن"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "muʕānaqa",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مُعَانَقَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕināq",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "عِنَاق"
    },
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      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḍamma",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ضَمَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥuḍun",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "حُضُن"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "grkum",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "գրկում"
    },
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      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "besarkada"
    },
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "abdýmki",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "абды́мкі"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "abdýmak",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "абды́мак"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "abdójmy",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "абдоймы"
    },
    {
      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Bikol Central",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "kugos"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pregrǎ́dka",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "прегръ́дка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "abraçada"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "擁抱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yōngbào",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "拥抱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "摟抱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lǒubào",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "搂抱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wēibào",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "偎抱"
    },
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      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abbraciu"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "objetí"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kram"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "omfavnelse"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "knus"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "knuffel"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "knuffelen"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "brakumo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "ĉirkaŭpremo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "ĉirkaŭpreno"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "enbrakigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "kalli"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "kallistus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "klemm"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "hali"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "halaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "embrassade"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "étreinte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "câlin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "accolade"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abrazo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "čaxuṭeba",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "ჩახუტება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Umarmung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "agkaliá",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "αγκαλιά"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "agkáliasma",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "αγκάλιασμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "gn",
      "lang": "Guaraní",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "añua"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "khibúk",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "חיבוק \\ חִבּוּק"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "āliṅgan",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "आलिंगन"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "ölelés"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "knús"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "faðmlag"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "embraco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cuach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abbraccio"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ほうよう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hōyō",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "抱擁"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hagu",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "ハグ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "kaul"
    },
    {
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "kawul"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kaa aop riit",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "ការអោបរឹត"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "aalɨŋkʊən",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "អាលិង្គន"
    },
    {
      "alt": "抱擁",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "poong",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "포옹"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "baweş",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "باوەش"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "hemêz"
    },
    {
      "code": "sdh",
      "lang": "Southern Kurdish",
      "roman": "bawiş",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "باوِش"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "complexus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "apkampiens"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "apkabinimas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ëmaarmung"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pregrnuvanje",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "прегрнување"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pregratka",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "прегратка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "guška",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гушка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "pelukan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "keṭṭippiṭikkal",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "കെട്ടിപ്പിടിക്കൽ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "āliṅganaṁ",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "ആലിംഗനം"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "āślēṣaṁ",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "ആശ്ലേഷം"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "klem"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "clypping"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bağal",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "بغل"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "بغل گیری"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "przytulenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "obejmowanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "objęcie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abraço"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Romani",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zagrljaj"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "îmbrățișare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obʺjátije",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "объя́тие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obnimánije",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "обнима́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "abbratzada"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ioma-ghlacadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "загрљај"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abbrazzu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "objatie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "objèm"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "łono"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wobjeće"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wobjimanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abrazo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kram"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "yakap"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gɔ̀ɔt",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "กอด"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "sarılma"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "obʺjáttja",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "об'я́ття"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "obíjmy",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "обі́йми"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "obijmánnja",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "обійма́ння"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "cái ôm"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cofleidiad"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "arumnem",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אַרומנעם"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "affectionate embrace",
      "word": "vırar"
    }
  ],
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    "hug"
  ],
  "word": "hug"
}

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  "categories": [
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    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Old Norse",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌɡ",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌɡ/1 syllable",
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  ],
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    {
      "word": "body-hugging"
    },
    {
      "word": "figure-hugging"
    },
    {
      "word": "huggable"
    },
    {
      "word": "hugger"
    },
    {
      "word": "huggle"
    },
    {
      "word": "huggy"
    },
    {
      "word": "hug-me-tight"
    },
    {
      "word": "hug oneself"
    }
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      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "huck",
        "t": "to crouch, huddle down"
      },
      "expansion": "huck (“to crouch, huddle down”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "hugga",
        "t": "to comfort, console"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "hugr",
        "t": "mind, heart, thought"
      },
      "expansion": "hugr (“mind, heart, thought”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“mind, thought, sense”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "hugga",
        "t": "to comfort"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic hugga (“to comfort”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "hyġe",
        "t": "thought"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English hyġe (“thought”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "high",
        "id": "thought"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From 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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    {
      "form": "hugs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hugging",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hugged",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "hugged",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "cuddle"
    },
    {
      "word": "huggle"
    },
    {
      "word": "kiss"
    },
    {
      "word": "snuggle"
    },
    {
      "word": "squeeze"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1885, M. Quad, Field, Fort and Fleet, page 354",
          "text": "They had a slight breast work, and they hugged down behind it and waited.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1892, Paul Boyton, The Story of Paul Boyton",
          "text": "That is why they are so little known and never explored. During the day, when a Chilean cruiser nosed around uncomfortably close, the little sloop would be hugged under the lee of one of the islands, sail lowered and anchor dropped.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1892, The Sewanee Review - Volume 66, page 263",
          "text": "bright rocks whose stain of emerald or quartz shaft of shine the starfish hugged beneath the tide .",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Thomas Gifford, The Cavanaugh Quest",
          "text": "She put her feet on a rung and hugged down against her knees, making herself even smaller.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Zhenyinfang, Marital Passion",
          "text": "Zhai Tingshen stood at the window upstairs, his black eyes staring intently at the figure that was tightly hugged below.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To crouch; to huddle as with cold."
      ],
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        [
          "crouch",
          "crouch"
        ],
        [
          "huddle",
          "huddle"
        ],
        [
          "cold",
          "cold"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, obsolete) To crouch; to huddle as with cold."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cling closely together."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cling",
          "cling"
        ],
        [
          "together",
          "together"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To cling closely together."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Billy hugged Danny until he felt better.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "embrace",
          "embrace"
        ],
        [
          "holding",
          "holding"
        ],
        [
          "closely",
          "closely"
        ],
        [
          "especially",
          "especially"
        ],
        [
          "arms",
          "arms"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with collocations",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to hug the shore, to hug the coastline",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 October 21, Dr Joseph Brennan, “From the main line and over the waves”, in Rail, page 60",
          "text": "Gourock also boasted a pier railway, although its pier hugged the shore rather than jutting into the bay.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To stay close to."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To stay close to."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, figurative) To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hʌɡ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌɡ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-hug.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8b/En-us-hug.ogg/En-us-hug.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/En-us-hug.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "hŭg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "crouch",
      "word": "hunker"
    },
    {
      "sense": "crouch",
      "word": "squat"
    },
    {
      "sense": "crouch",
      "word": "stoop"
    },
    {
      "sense": "cling closely",
      "word": "cleave"
    },
    {
      "word": "stick"
    },
    {
      "word": "adhere"
    },
    {
      "sense": "embrace",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "accoll"
    },
    {
      "word": "coll"
    },
    {
      "word": "embrace"
    },
    {
      "sense": "hold fast",
      "word": "treasure"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to cling closely together",
      "word": "qucaqlaşmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to cling closely together",
      "word": "擁抱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yōngbào",
      "sense": "to cling closely together",
      "word": "拥抱"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to cling closely together",
      "word": "elkaar omarmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to cling closely together",
      "word": "brakumi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cling closely together",
      "word": "painautua yhteen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cling closely together",
      "word": "sich umarmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "agkaliázo",
      "sense": "to cling closely together",
      "word": "αγκαλιάζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cling closely together",
      "word": "összeölelkezik"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to cling closely together",
      "word": "faðmast"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to cling closely together",
      "word": "barróg a thabhairt dá chéile"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cling closely together",
      "word": "abbracciare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ほうようする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hōyō suru",
      "sense": "to cling closely together",
      "word": "抱擁する"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いだく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "idaku",
      "sense": "to cling closely together",
      "word": "抱く"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "baweş girtin",
      "sense": "to cling closely together",
      "word": "باوەش گرتن"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "to cling closely together",
      "word": "sech ëmaarmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to cling closely together",
      "word": "tauawhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obnimátʹsja",
      "sense": "to cling closely together",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обнима́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obnjátʹsja",
      "sense": "to cling closely together",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "обня́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "to cling closely together",
      "word": "abbratzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to cling closely together",
      "word": "objéti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cling closely together",
      "word": "abrazar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to cling closely together",
      "word": "kramas"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "obijmátysja",
      "sense": "to cling closely together",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обійма́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "obijnjatysʹ",
      "sense": "to cling closely together",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "обійнятись"
    },
    {
      "code": "hmd",
      "lang": "A-Hmao",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "𖼀𖽔"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "përqafoj"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕānaqa",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "عَانَقَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "iḥtaḍana",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "اِحْتَضَنَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥaḍana",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "حَضَنَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḍamm",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "ضَمّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥaḍan",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "حَضَن"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "grkel",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "գրկել"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "pʻarvel",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "փարվել"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "ambratsu"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "qucaqlamaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "bağrına basmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "besarkatu"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "abdymácʹ",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "абдыма́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "abnjácʹ",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "абня́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pregrǎ́štam",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "прегръ́щам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pregǎ́rna",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "прегъ́рна"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "hpak",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "ဖက်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "abraçar"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "pou⁵",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "抱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "擁抱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yōngbào",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "拥抱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "摟抱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lǒubào",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "搂抱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wēibào",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "偎抱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "摟摟"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lǒulou",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "搂搂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bàobao",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "抱抱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "objímat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "obejmout"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "omfavne"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "kramme"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "knuse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "knuffelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "omarmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "jnq",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "i-n:q-D32:D40"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "qnj",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "q:n-i-D32"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "ḥpt",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "H-p:t-D32:a"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "brakumi"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "embama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "klemma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "kroysta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "halata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "étreindre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "serrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "embrasser"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "abrazar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "moicavs",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "მოიცავს"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "exuṭeba",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "ეხუტება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "umarmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "drücken"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "agkaliázo",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "αγκαλιάζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "gn",
      "lang": "Guaraní",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "añua"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "khibék",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "חיבק \\ חִבֵּק"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "khavák",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "חָבַק"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "āliṅgan karnā",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "आलिंगन करना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "ölel"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "faðma"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "knúsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "embracar"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "memeluk"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "mendekap"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "cuach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "abbracciare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ほうようする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hōyō suru",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "抱擁する"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いだく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "idaku",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "抱く"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "daku",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "だく"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hagu suru",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "ハグする"
    },
    {
      "code": "jje",
      "lang": "Jeju",
      "roman": "anda",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "안다"
    },
    {
      "code": "kea",
      "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "abrasa"
    },
    {
      "code": "kea",
      "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "brasá"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qūşaqtau",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "құшақтау"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qūşu",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "құшу"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "aiqalau",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "айқалау"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "aimalau",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "аймалау"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ʼaop rɨt",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "អោបរឹត"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "anda",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "안다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "poonghada",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "포옹하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "kkeureoanda",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "끌어안다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "kkyeoanda",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "껴안다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "baweş girtin",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "باوەش گرتن"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "kucaktoo",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "кучактоо"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "kǭt",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "ກອດ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "amplector"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "complector"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "apskaut"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "apkabinti"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "ëmäerbelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "ëmäermelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "ëmaarmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "guška",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "гушка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "gušne",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "гушне"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pregrnuva",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "прегрнува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pregrne",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "прегрне"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "obgrnuva",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обгрнува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "obgrne",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "обгрне"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "memeluk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "keṭṭippiṭikkuka",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "കെട്ടിപ്പിടിക്കുക"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "għannaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "ħaddan"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "kēkeke"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "awhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "tevrex",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "тэврэх"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "fátmut"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "sallut"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "klemme"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "omfavne"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "clyppan"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "faðma"
    },
    {
      "code": "om",
      "lang": "Oromo",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "hammachuu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bağal kardan",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "بغل کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dar âğuš gereftan",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "در آغوش گرفتن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pjt",
      "lang": "Pitjantjatjara",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "ampuṉi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "przytulać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "przytulić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "tulić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "obejmować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "objąć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "uściskać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "uścisnąć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "abraçar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "îmbrățișa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obnimátʹ",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обнима́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obnjátʹ",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "обня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "abbratzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "ioma-ghlac"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "гр̏лити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "за̀грлити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "о̀бгрлити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обујмљи́вати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "обу́јмити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "gȑliti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zàgrliti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "òbgrliti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "obujmljívati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "obújmiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "cjs",
      "lang": "Shor",
      "roman": "quçaqtarğa",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "қучақтарға"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "objímať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "objať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "objemati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "objéti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "abrazar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "krama"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "omfamna"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "yakap"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "oġüš kardan",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "оғӯш кардан"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gɔ̀ɔt",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "กอด"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "yäks-"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "sarılmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uga",
      "lang": "Ugaritic",
      "roman": "ḥbq",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "𐎈𐎁𐎖"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "obijmáty",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обійма́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "obijnjáty",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "обійня́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "obnimáty",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обніма́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "obnjáty",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "обня́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "quchoqlamoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "quchmoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "ôm"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "haldzn",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "האַלדזן"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "arumnemen",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "אַרומנעמען"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "to embrace",
      "word": "dìmọ́"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to stay close to",
      "word": "pysyä lähellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to stay close to",
      "word": "pysyä lähettyvillä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to stay close to",
      "word": "serrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "(szorosan) a közelében/közel/mellette/mentén marad/halad",
      "sense": "to stay close to"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to stay close to",
      "word": "tenersi vicino"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to stay close to",
      "word": "haumiri"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to stay close to",
      "word": "miri"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "hug"
  ],
  "word": "hug"
}
{
  "called_from": "translations/609-20230504",
  "msg": "Translation too long compared to word, so it is skipped",
  "path": [
    "hug"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "hug",
  "trace": ""
}

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