3
encompass(verb, hold, embrace, surround, enclose)
3
feel(noun, verb, communication, feeling, love)
3
force(noun, verb, press, crush, pack)
3
freeze to(verb, expression, hold, take, fix)
3
hug the shore(expression, idiom, approach, navigation)
3
keep(verb, take, stay, have, grasp)
3
neck(noun, verb, love, touch, spoil)
3
nod(verb, greet)
3
palm(verb, take, keep, touch, stay)
3
persist(verb, hold, fix, join, catch)
3
retain(verb, take, keep, stay, have)
3
seize(verb, hold, take, close, fix)
3
stand by(verb, expression, phrasal verb, nearness)
3
stay near(verb, expression, squeeze, embrace, enfold)
3
stay put(verb, expression, hold, take, fix)
3
take hold of(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, coherence)
2
accept(verb, meet, receive, greet)
2
accolade(noun, courtesy)
2
adhere to(verb, expression, phrasal verb)
2
adjoin(edge, border, nearness)
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