Clasping, embracing.

The action of embrace, v.2 in its various senses.

Embracing, embrace.

Embracing, hugging.

An act of embracing or clasping (literal and figurative); an embrace.

An enfolding in the arms = embrace, n. 1.

Embracing, ‘cuddling’.

The action of embracing (obsolete), girding, binding tightly, lacing up, strengthening: see the verb.

The action of clasp, v.

The action of folding in the arms, of pressing to the bosom. (Sometimes euphemistically for sexual intercourse.)

= embrace, n.

The action of hug, v.

A taking into one's bosom; embracing.

Embracing. Obs.

A process of embracing.

The action of huddle, v., in various senses: esp. a confused or disorderly crowding together.

Folding (in the arms); embracing; also caressing, fondling.