## Meanings
1. To hold someone closely in your arms to show love or affection.
2. The act of holding someone closely in your arms.
3. To fit closely or stay very near something.

## Examples
- She hugged her daughter tightly before saying goodbye.
- Come here and give me a big hug.
- The road hugs the coastline for several miles.

## Synonyms
- adhere
- coll
- embrace
- stick

## Derived Forms
- body-hugging
- bro-hug
- brohug
- bunny-hug
- cyberhug
- e-hug
- figure-hugging
- hug-a-hoodie
- hug-box
- hug-me-tight
- hugaholic
- hugbox

## Related Forms
- cuddle
- huggle
- kiss
- snuggle
- squeeze

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: hugga
- Root: *hugiz

## 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)).

## AI Etymology
Hug comes 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)). In current use, the main senses are “To hold someone closely in your arms to show love or affection” and “The act of holding someone closely in your arms”.

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