Hug and Like

Hug

Hug verb - To express to (someone) admiration for his or her success or good fortune.

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Like and hug are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Like" instead a verb "Hug".

Nearby Word: hugged

Like verb - To wish to have.

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Hug and like are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hug" instead a verb "Like".

Nearby Words: likely, likeness, liking, liked, likeable

good	good hug	good like
nice	nice hug	nice like
regular	regular hug	regular like
many	many hug	many like
Other adjectives: light, simple, actual, real, big, hot, flying, occasional, giant.

girl	hug girl	like girl
character	hug character	like character
man	hug man	like man
people	hug people	like people
Other words: men, children, someone, time, way, characters, father, anyone, women, guns, girls, boys.

When they hug, Chloe faces Clark and silently says something that looks suspiciously like "I love you too".

Source: Revealing Hug
The hug also convinces him to not check to see if Steve is a robot impostor like he did with the other Avengers.

Source: Cooldown Hug
In a subversion, Bender threatens to hug all the orphans he has adopted "to see how they like it".

Source: Does That Sound Like Fun to You?

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