To stay close to (the shore etc.)
To cling closely together.
To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.
To embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms.
A close embrace, especially when charged with such an emotion as represented by: affection, joy, relief, lust, anger, aggression, compassion, and the like, as opposed to being characterized by formality, equivocation or ambivalence (a half-embrace or "little hug").
A particular grip in wrestling.
To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
To pretend to not notice someone or something.