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— English words —

• hug n. A close embrace, especially when charged with such an emotion as represented by: affection, joy, relief…
• hug n. A particular grip in wrestling.
• hug v. (Intransitive, obsolete) To crouch; to huddle as with cold.
• hug v. (Intransitive) To cling closely together.
• hug v. (Transitive) To embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms.
• hug v. (Transitive) To stay close to (The shore etc.).
• hug v. (Transitive, figurative) To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Catalan
  • Hug prop.n. Hugh.
• Danish
  • hug n. Stroke.
  • hug n. Slash.
  • hug n. Cut.
  • hug n. Squat.
  • hug v. Imperative of hugge.
• Faroese
  • hug n. Indefinite accusative singular of hugur.
• Hungarian
  • húg n. (Chiefly with a possessive suffix) younger sister.
• Manx
  • hug prep. To.
  • hug v. Past tense of toyr.
• Norwegian nynorsk
  • hug n. (Chiefly uncountable) mind.
  • hug n. (Chiefly uncountable, collective) one’s thoughts.
  • hug n. (Chiefly uncountable) wish, desire.
  • hug n. (Uncountable, folklore) an itch in the nose which comes when someone is thinking of one, or as a warning…
  • hug adj. (Predicative) keen, eager.

— English word, defined in German —

• hug S. Die Umarmung: das Legen von Armen um jemanden.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• hug w. Omhelzen, knuffelen.

— English words, defined in French —

• hug n. Étreinte pleine d’affection.
• hug n. Câlin.
• hug n. Accolade.
• hug v. Embrasser, presser entre ses bras avec affection.
• hug v. Rester près de la côte.
• hug v. Faire un câlin.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• hug v. Abrazar.
• hug v. Aferrarse.
• hug s. Abrazo.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• hug s. Abraço.
• hug s. Aperto, estreitamento.
• hug v. Abraçar.
• hug v. Apertar, estreitar.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• hug s. Abbraccio.
• hug s. Abbracciare.

— In Dutch —

• hug n. Het de armen om elkaar heen slaan; een veel voorkomende manier…

— In French —

• hug n.m. (Anglicisme) Accolade.

75 English words from 22 English definitions

accusative affection arms charged cherish Chiefly cling cling␣to close closely close␣to cold collective comes crouch Cut desire eager embrace emotion especially etc fast figurative folklore grip hold hold␣fast holding huddle Hugh Imperative Indefinite Intransitive itch joy keen mind nose obsolete one particular Past Past␣tense possessive possessive␣suffix Predicative relief represented shore singular sister Slash someone Squat stay Stroke such suffix tense the thinking thinking␣of thoughts together Transitive uncountable warning when which wish with wrestling younger younger␣sister

14 English words from 19 foreign definitions

Abrazo Accolade affection bras das Die een entre Faire Het presser Rester ses veel

31 foreign words from 19 foreign definitions

Abbraccio Abraçar Abraço Abrazar Aferrarse Anglicisme Apertar Aperto armen avec câlin côte de␣la elkaar Embrasser estreitamento estreitar Étreinte heen jemanden knuffelen Legen manier Omhelzen pleine près près␣de slaan Umarmung von voorkomende

136 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

huge Hugg Hugh Hugo hugs hugy hugag hugen huger Huggs huggy Hugh's Hugli Hugos hugags hugbox hug-box hug␣box hugely hugens hugest hugged huggee hugger huggin' huggle huggly Huggon Hughes Hughey Hughie Hughly Huginn Hugley Huguan hugable hugened hugeous hugfest Huggard huggees huggers huggest Huggett huggier hugging Huggins huggled huggler huggles +86 words

227 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

Chugg chugs e-hugs shugs thugi thugs thugz ashugh chugga Chuggs chuggy ghughu GhuGhu ghugni McHugh Schugs shugar shugga Shugni Thugee thuggi thuggy thugis unhugs ashughs brohugs bro-hugs bro␣hugs Chugach chugged chugger ghuguni Lechuga manhugs man␣hugs Mayhugh McHughs meshuga mishuga phugoid Shugars Shugart shugged shuggle Shughni Shugnan Shugnis Shugrue St␣Hugh's thugdom +177 words

32 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

chug e-hug shug Shug thug zhug Schug skhug unhug brohug bro-hug bro␣hug Japhug manhug man␣hug bearhug bear␣hug kerchug overhug semihug bunnyhug bunny-hug bunny␣hug buttchug butt-chug butt␣chug cyberhug cyberthug pouncehug rent-a-thug plug␣and␣chug Republithug

3 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

ghu Ghu ugh

40 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

augh chug e-hug eugh fugh gehu ghau GHUA Ghum Ghuz Guha Guhl guhr gush Guth Haug huge Hugg Hugh Hugo hugs hugy hung Hung Hung. Lugh MGUH MGU-H MGU␣H ough pugh Pugh Rugh shug Shug thug ungh urgh vugh zhug

14 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

gh GH gu Gu GU HG H/G hu Hu HU ug Ug UG uh

61 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

aug Aug Aug. bug Bug dug fug hag Hag. hCG HCG HDG HMG HNG hog hr'g Hua hub huc hud Hud HUD hue Hue huh Huh hui Hui Huk hum Hum HUM hun Hun Huo hup Huq Hur Hus HUs HUS hut Hux Huy Huz jug lug Lug LUG mug nug pug PuG rug Rug sug tug vug wug yug Zug

8 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

HG H/G hu Hu HU ug Ug UG

5 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

Haug Hugg hung Hung Hung.

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