(v. t.) To press closely within the arms; to clasp to the bosom; to embrace.
(v. t.) To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.
(v. t.) To keep close to; as, to hug the land; to hug the wind.
(n.) A close embrace or clasping with the arms, as in affection or in wrestling.
Example Sentences:
(1) Celebrity woodlanders Tax breaks and tree-hugging already draw the wealthy and well-known to buy British forests.
(2) He was greeted in Kyoto by Abe, with the men dispensing with the formal handshake that starts most head of governments' greetings in favour of a full body hug.
(3) Every time we have a negotiation, the bidding process (for the project) slows and postpones things.” Water quality has become a hot-button issue as the Olympics draw closer with little sign of progress in cleaning up the fetid bay, as well as the lagoon system in western Rio that hugs the sites of the Olympic park, the very heart of the games.
(4) "When my mother saw me walk in the door I thought she was going to hug me, but instead she picked up the telephone to call that man to tell him where I was," she says.
(5) Hugging the other side of the Dora Riparia river in Vanchiglia is Foster + Partners ’ curvaceous new Campus Luigi Einaudi, while to the west in Borgo Dora is performance venue Cortile del Maglio and writing school Scuola Holden .
(6) But then Weir has won the London Marathon six times and beat Hug by a single second in the 2012 race.
(7) He offerered some hope – "just as mankind had the power to push the world to the brink so, too, do we have the power to bring it back into balance" but not enough for one woman, who concluded: "He sure needs a hug."
(8) Then Obama himself swooped in with a big bear hug around Giffords's tiny frame, grinning widely before climbing to the rostrum for the speech.
(9) If that persuades you to go and hug the nearest tree, then great, said Peter Wohlleben.
(10) He rides horses, launches pipelines, hugs tigers and fires pistols.
(11) Whereupon Madonna's PR guy Trevor Neilson (who doesn't seem to be too great at his job judging by the way in which a routine baby-hugging photo-op has descended into a hilarious international shitshow) hit back, giving quotes to The Globe and Mail reporter Geoffrey York.
(12) As the final whistle blew, Wenger, suddenly wreathed in smiles, hugged his staff, players and even Alan Pardew, a managerial rival with whom he has not always enjoyed the most cordial of technical area relations.
(13) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj share a hug onstage during the MTV Video Music Awards.
(14) Chelsea’s Diego Costa strikes at the last to deny Manchester United Read more That said, the width wasn’t provided in the conventional manner: Van Gaal fielded no touchline-hugging wingers, and instead fielded players who drifted inside into central positions.
(15) After filling out the ballot, Clinton was overwhelmed by hugs and handshakes outside the polling station.
(16) How long with the post-Super Bowl Harbaugh hug be, if indeed there will be a post-Super Bowl Harbaugh hug...
(17) An activist has discipline, goals and strategy.” Amy K. Nelson (@AmyKNelson) Amazing scene here at QuickTrip: exiled Tibetan monks here & people are in awe, hugging them, wanting photos.
(18) Balyana’s mayor said the statue was intended to portray a “martyred soldier hugging his mother”.
(19) They then performed the Swift track Bad Blood, ending the performance with a hug .
(20) Dot blot analysis showed that both intestinal and placental AP mRNAs were expressed in HuG-1 cells concurrently.
Hugger
Definition:
(n.) One who hugs or embraces.
(v. t. & i.) To conceal; to lurk ambush.
Example Sentences:
(1) Alan Yentob, the BBC creative director along with director of future media and technology Erik Huggers, director of news Helen Boaden, and director of marketing, communications and audiences Sharon Baylay, were next highest with pay of between £310,000 and £340,000.
(2) The Bair Hugger set on "medium" decreased heat loss more than each radiant warming device and as much as the circulating-water blanket.
(3) Then there are the "ethylene absorbing" discs you can place in a bowl to keep your fruit fresh for longer; the polyurethane foam cushions designed to prevent fruit and veg from becoming bruised; and the silicone "food huggers" into which you pop your leftover half a lemon or tomato.
(4) Huggers said that the "interlinking" service with rival broadcasters would apply to "premium, long-form video" and represented "just the start" of partnerships.
(5) The number of people consuming TV over the internet has soared since the advent of the BBC's iPlayer , a product of Huggers's future media and technology department at the BBC.
(6) Huggers also lent his support to Google TV, the service that will allow viewers to search the web and eventually download VoD content while watching their TV set , arguing that he does not see it as a competitor.
(7) "It feels like a gold rush is going on, everyone is seeing a big opportunity and jumping in," said Huggers .
(8) Before Linwood, the project was led by Erik Huggers, the ex-director of BBC future, media and technology, ultimately reporting to Caroline Thomson, the corporation's former chief operating officer.
(9) "This proposal is founded upon partnership, and comes at a time when commercial public service broadcasters are facing unprecedented challenges," said the BBC director of future media and technology, Erik Huggers.
(10) When Jonathon Porritt – official government green adviser – this week left his Whitehall office after nine years trying to crash the gears of the machine of state, his staff of 60 in the Sustainable Development Commission (SDC) didn't just say cheerio; they hired an old ship on the Thames, formed a blues band and sang him out to a Muddy Waters tune: For nine long years this green guru reigned Watching over Whitehall, his eye keenly trained Tree-hugger-in-chief or simply JP However you know him you should start to see He's a true ninja of sustainability Porritt stood to one side of the crooning SDC backing singers, delighted but emotional at his send off.
(11) Erik Huggers , the BBC digital chief, has promised its closure of 200 websites is not simply an exercise in cutting dead wood and will help rivals.
(12) Set on "high," the Bair Hugger increased skin-surface temperature more than the circulating-water blanket.
(13) The other arrivals on the executive board were new BBC Vision director George Entwistle (pay: £285,000), replacing Jana Bennett (£517,000), and director of digital media Ralph Rivera (£308,000), who took over from former future media and technology director Erik Huggers (£407,000).
(14) The Food Hugger Food hugger These are a range of stretchable silicone covers that prolong the life of cut produce by forming a seal around the cut end of a fruit or vegetable.
(15) Caught out by the speed at which its juice runs out, or anxious to clock a charger socket just in case, they're depicted as wall huggers obliged to crouch on stained carpets while watching Samsung owners freely sharing video clips with one another.
(16) Most chillingly, Walsh's 2000 play, Bedbound, depicted a young woman who has polio living hugger-mugger with her flamboyant father, in a space little bigger than a double bed.
(17) Huggers came in for criticism last year when it was revealed he had claimed £638.73 for a taxi fare while on corporation business in California.
(18) Another area of Huggers' activity, online , is being cut back .
(19) Huggers also said that a long-delayed international version of the iPlayer, which would be operated by the corporation's commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, was still in the works.
(20) The £16,678.34 hotel bill also includes a claim from Erik Huggers, director of future media and technology, who also stayed at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.