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(intransitive, obsolete) To crouch; to huddle as with cold. / (intransitive) To cling closely together. / (transitive) To embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms.

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hug

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Source Word

hug

IPA(Pronunciation)

/hʌɡ/

Verb

intransitive obsolete transitive figuratively

Japanese Meaning

（古語的に）しゃがむ、縮こまる。 / お互いに密着している、寄り添う。 / 抱きしめる、ぎゅっと抱く。

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They hug under the low eaves to wait out the storm.

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彼らは嵐をしのぐために低い庇の下にしゃがんでいる。

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Sense（1）

(intransitive, obsolete) To crouch; to huddle as with cold.

They had a slight breast work, and they hugged down behind it and waited.

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Sense（2）

(intransitive) To cling closely together.

Sense（3）

(transitive) To embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms.

Billy hugged Danny until he felt better.

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Sense（4）

(transitive) To stay close to (the shore etc.)

We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.

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