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SNUGGLE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace

Synonyms:

cuddle; nestle; snuggle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("snuggle" is a kind of...):

embrace; embracement; embracing (the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection))

Derivation:

snuggle (move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position

Example:

The children snuggled into their sleeping bags

Synonyms:

cuddle; draw close; nest; nestle; nuzzle; snuggle

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "snuggle" is one way to...):

cling to; clutch; hold close; hold tight (hold firmly, usually with one's hands)

Verb group:

nestle; snuggle (position comfortably)

draw close (pull towards oneself)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

snuggle (a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace)

snuggling (affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Position comfortably

Example:

The baby nestled her head in her mother's elbow

Synonyms:

nestle; snuggle

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "snuggle" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Verb group:

cuddle; draw close; nest; nestle; nuzzle; snuggle (move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Credits

 Context examples: 

Instead, and after a wistful, searching look, he snuggled in, burrowing his head out of sight between the master's arm and body.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

She possessed a gentle, caressing tongue that soothed him when it passed over his soft little body, and that impelled him to snuggle close against her and to doze off to sleep.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

And now, with the love-master, his snuggling was the deliberate act of putting himself into a position of hopeless helplessness.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Beyond his snuggling and the throwing of a crooning note into his love-growl, he had no way of expressing his love.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Her own ears, with a snuggling movement, laid their sharp points backward and down against the head for a moment, while her mouth opened and her tongue lolled peaceably out, and in this way she expressed that she was pleased and satisfied.

(White Fang, by Jack London)