Rating | Solver | Clue |
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EMBRACE | Hold closely | |
GRIPE | To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely. | |
CLEAVE | To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling. | |
STOW | To arrange anything compactly in; to fill, by packing closely; as, to stow a box, car, or the hold of a ship. | |
STICK | To remain where placed; to be fixed; to hold fast to any position so as to be moved with difficulty; to cling; to abide; to cleave; to be united closely. | |
CLING | To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially by twining round or embracing; as, the tendril of a vine clings to its support; -- usually followed by to or together. |