Vocabulary

Form

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug

verb vt
N3 freq #900

Example sentences

He held her tightly.

He entertains some hope of accomplishing it.

The baby nestled in his mother's arms.

Boys, be ambitious.

The moment I held the baby in my arms, it began to cry.

Every great writer seems to have been interested in English.

The soldiers were disaffected toward the government.

That child felt secure in his mother's arms.