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# hugging

verb (form of hug: hug, hugs, hugged, hugging); noun (hugging)

«hugging» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Hugging means holding someone close in your arms to show love, comfort or friendship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hugging/#m1)
2. Hugging can mean staying very close to something, like a road hugging the coast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hugging/#m2)

### In the lessons

In family and friendship life people greet and comfort each other by hugging. In PSHE lessons pupils learn to ask before hugging and that everyone can say no. In stories a child is hugging a teddy and a path is hugging the cliff. Phrases: hugging each other, hugging tightly, tree hugging, hugging the coast.

### Examples

- The friends were hugging at the airport. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hugging/#x1)
- She was hugging her teddy bear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hugging/#x2)
- Ask before hugging someone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hugging/#x3)
- The road keeps hugging the coastline. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hugging/#x4)
- The twins stood hugging each other. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hugging/#x5)
- Hugging a pet can make you feel calm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hugging/#x6)

### Note

From «hug»: double the g before -ing and -ed (hugging, hugged). A cuddle is a longer, softer hug. Not everyone likes hugging — respect people who say no.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hugging» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hugging/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hugging» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hugging.html) on Mova free.