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118 entries under verb topic. ×
| encircle(hold, press, grasp, seize) | |
| enclose(hold, embrace, surround, hug) | |
| encompass(hold, embrace, surround, enclose) | |
| enshroud(hold, press, embrace, surround) | |
| entwine(hold, press, grasp, seize) | |
| fasten(hold, grasp, embrace, clutch) | |
| feel(love, touch, stroke, embrace) | |
| fix(hold, embrace, hug) | |
| fool around(expression, love, touch, stroke) | |
| girdle(hold, embrace, surround, enclose) | |
| girdled(hold, press, enfold, hug) | |
| girdling(hold, press, enfold, hug) | |
| glom onto(expression, phrasal verb, hold, grasp) | |
| grab hold of(expression, idiom, hold, embrace) | |
| grab tightly(expression, hold, grasp, fasten) | |
| graze(touch, stroke, embrace, pat) | |
| grope(love, touch, stroke, caress) | |
| handle(touch, stroke, embrace, pat) | |
| hang onto(expression, keep, store, save) | |
| hoard(keep, store, save, retain) |
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