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pat(noun, communication, feeling, love)
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accost(meet, accept, receive, embrace)
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cleave to(expression, phrasal verb, love, honor)
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embosom(phrasal verb, touch, archaism)
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fold(hold, press, grasp, seize)
4
grapple(noun, hold, close, fix)
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hail(meet, accept, receive, embrace)
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hold fast(expression, idiom, hold, fix)
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nestle(noun, hold, meet, love)
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nip(press, touch, crush, physical)
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nurse(love, honor, encourage, prize)
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wave
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approach(approach, greet)
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contract(press, crush, pack, stuff)
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cradle(hold, take, keep, press)
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enclose(hold, take, close, keep)
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encompass(hold, embrace, surround, enclose)
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feel(noun, communication, feeling, love)
3
force(noun, press, crush, pack)
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freeze to(expression, hold, take, fix)
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