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encase(verb, hold, press, embrace, surround)
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encircle(verb, hold, press, grasp, seize)
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enclose(verb, hold, embrace, surround, hug)
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encompass(verb, hold, embrace, surround, enclose)
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enshroud(verb, hold, press, embrace, surround)
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entwine(verb, hold, press, grasp, seize)
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fasten(verb, hold, grasp, embrace, clutch)
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feel(verb, love, touch, stroke, embrace)
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fibula(noun, grasp, handhold)
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fix(verb, hold, embrace, hug)
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fool around(verb, expression, love, touch, stroke)
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girdle(verb, hold, embrace, surround, enclose)
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girdled(verb, hold, press, enfold, hug)
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girdling(verb, hold, press, enfold, hug)
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glom onto(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hold, grasp)
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grab hold of(verb, expression, idiom, hold, embrace)
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grab tightly(verb, expression, hold, grasp, fasten)
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grapnel(noun, grasp, handhold, fibula)
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graze(verb, touch, stroke, embrace, pat)
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grope(verb, love, touch, stroke, caress)
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