hug

== Translingual == === Symbol === hug (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Huachipaeri. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Huachipaeri terms == English == === 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)). === Pronunciation === enPR: hŭg, IPA(key): /hʌɡ/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /hʊɡ/ Rhymes: -ʌɡ === Noun === hug (plural hugs) 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"). A particular grip in wrestling. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === hug (third-person singular simple present hugs, present participle hugging, simple past and past participle hugged) (intransitive, obsolete) To crouch; to huddle as with cold. (intransitive) To cling closely together. (transitive or reciprocal) To embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms. (transitive) To stay close to. to hug the shore, to hug the coastline (transitive, figurative) To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish. ==== Synonyms ==== (crouch): hunker, squat, stoop (cling closely): cleave, stick; see also Thesaurus:adhere (embrace): accoll (obsolete), coll, embrace; see also Thesaurus:embrace (stay close to): (hold fast): treasure ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === cuddle huggle kiss snuggle squeeze === Anagrams === Ghu, ghu, ugh == Danish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hoɡ/, [ˈhɔɡ̊] === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse hǫgg, verbal noun to hǫggva (“to hew”) (Danish hugge). ==== Noun ==== hug n (singular definite hugget, plural indefinite hug) stroke slash cut ===== Declension ===== ==== References ==== “hug,1” in Den Danske Ordbog === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /huɡ/, [ˈhuɡ̊] ==== Noun ==== hug (uninflected) squat ==== References ==== “hug,2” in Den Danske Ordbog === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /hoɡ/, [ˈhɔɡ̊] ==== Verb ==== hug imperative of hugge == Faroese == === Noun === hug m indefinite accusative singular of hugur == Manx == === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish co (“to”). Compare Irish chuig and Scottish Gaelic gu. ==== Preposition ==== hug to ===== Inflection ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== hug past of cur == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Norse hugr (“thought, mind”), from Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“mind, thought”), of uncertain further origin. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk hug, hau, Danish hu, Swedish håg, Icelandic hugur, Faroese hugur, Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌲𐍃 (hugs), Old English hyġe, and Old High German hugu. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /hʉːɡ/ Rhymes: -ʉːɡ Hyphenation: hug ==== Noun ==== hug m (definite singular hugen, indefinite plural huger, definite plural hugene) (literary) mind, disposition, thought; one's inner state, thoughts, or mood (literary, often archaic) desire, longing, yearning; inclination or attraction toward someone or something (literary) inclination, urge, appetite, desire (dialectal) a premonition, foreboding, vardøger ===== Synonyms ===== (mind, thoughts): sinn (“mind”), tanke (“thought”) (desire, inclination): lyst (“desire”), attrå (“longing”), trang (“urge”) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== hu (“mind, desire”) huge (“to desire, please”) hygge (“cosiness, comfort”) ihuge (“to remember”) ==== Further reading ==== “hug” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “hug” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /hʉːɡ/ Rhymes: -ʉːɡ Hyphenation: hug ==== Verb ==== hug imperative of huge (“to desire, please”) imperative of huge (“to shout, yell”) == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === hau === Etymology === From Old Norse hugr (“thought”), from Proto-Germanic *hugiz of uncertain origin. Cognates include Norwegian Bokmål hu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hʉːɡ/, /hʉː/ === Noun === hug m (definite singular hugen, indefinite plural hugar, definite plural hugane) (chiefly uncountable) mind (chiefly uncountable, collective) one's thoughts (chiefly uncountable) wish, desire (uncountable, folklore) an itch in the nose which comes when someone is thinking of one, or as a warning that someone is about to arrive ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Adjective === hug (predicative) keen, eager === References === “hug” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Norse == === Noun === hug accusative/dative singular of hugr