Cling and Hugging

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Cling verb - To hold to something firmly as if by adhesion.

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Hugging and cling are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Hugging" with "Cling", this verbs are similar.

Nearby Words: clinging, clingy

Hugging noun - Affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs).

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Cling and hugging are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cling" instead a verb "Hugging".

Nearby Word: hugged

Desperate for a child to cling to, the enormous beast promptly began hugging Toc the Younger, crushing and distorting his body... but the magic applied to Toc kept him alive and healing, leaving his body a twisted, pitiful wreck.

Source: And Call Him "George"!
Security Cling: The Doctor's sudden hugging of Clara, complete with him talking into her shoulder, has the appearance of this.

Source: Recap / Doctor Who S35 E1 "The Magician's Apprentice"
Security Cling: Clara hugging the Doctor is an inversion of this as Clara is trying to comfort a clearly terrified and heartbroken Doctor, who is taking her impending demise harder than she is.

Source: Recap / Doctor Who S 35 E 10 Face The Raven

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