Nestle
['nes(ə)l] or ['nɛsl]
Definition
(verb.) position comfortably; 'The baby nestled her head in her mother's elbow'.
(verb.) lie in a sheltered position; 'The little cottage nestles in the forest'.
Edited by Candice--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To make and occupy a nest; to nest.
(v. i.) To lie close and snug, as a bird in her nest; to cuddle up; to settle, as in a nest; to harbor; to take shelter.
(v. i.) To move about in one's place, like a bird when shaping the interior of her nest or a young bird getting close to the parent; as, a child nestles.
(v. t.) To house, as in a nest.
(v. t.) To cherish, as a bird her young.
Typist: Sol
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Snuggle, cuddle, snug, harbor, lodge, lie close.
Inputed by Cole
Definition
v.i. to lie close or snug as in a nest: to settle comfortably.—v.t. to cherish as a bird does her young.—adj. Nest′ling being in the nest newly hatched.—n. act of making a nest: a young bird in the nest—also Nest′ler.
Typed by Gladys
Examples
- Poor Rosamond's vagrant fancy had come back terribly scourged--meek enough to nestle under the old despised shelter. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Little white villages surrounded by trees, nestle in the valleys or roost upon the lofty perpendicular sea-walls. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- This is the land of eternal quiet, Where I can nestle in indolence curled, Far from the clamor of modern riot. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He drew her to nestle closer to him, and told her it would soon be over, and the truth would soon appear. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Its snow-white houses nestle cosily in a sea of fresh green vegetation, and no village could look prettier or more attractive. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- And she continued to nestle against him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The period at which the perfect plumage is acquired varies, as does the state of the down with which the nestling birds are clothed when hatched. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- She lay still, nestling against him, but unyielding. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Gentle, soft dream, nestling in my arms now, you will fly, too, as your sisters have all fled before you: but kiss me before you go--embrace me, Jane. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- By her side, and nestling closely to her, is a young girl of fifteen,--her daughter. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I'm bored by the reSt.' 'Yes,' she murmured, nestling very sweet and close to him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I slightly turned from him, nestling still closer under the wing of silence. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Then her spirit came home to him, nestling unconscious in him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Ursula nestled near him, into his constant warmth, and watched the pale-lit revelation racing ahead, the visible night. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The offspring nestled to the parent; that parent, feeling the endearment and hearing the appeal, gathered her closer still. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The little creature ran across at the words and nestled up against the lady's dress. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Can it be a wandering dog that has come in from the street and crept and nestled hither? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He had nestled down his head most conveniently. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Her head nestled with a tender contentedness on my bosom. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- She had nestled down with him, that his head might lie upon her arm; and her hair drooping over him curtained him from the light. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
Edited by Candice