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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
nuzzle \nuz"zle\ nu^z"z'l, v. t. imp. p. p. nuzzled
nu^z"z'ld;p. pr. vb. n. nuzzling nu^z"zli^ng.
see noursle.
1913 webster
1. to noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up. obs.
1913 webster
the people had been nuzzled in idolatry. --milton.
1913 webster
2. perh. a corruption of nestle. cf. nustle. to nestle;
to house, as in a nest.
1913 webster
see also:
nuzzled nuzzling noursle nustle
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
nuzzle \nuz"zle\ nu^z"z'l, v. i. dim. fr. nose. see
nozzle.
1. to work with the nose, like a swine in the mud.
1913 webster
and nuzzling in his flank, the loving swine
sheathed, unaware, the tusk in his soft groin.
--shak.
1913 webster
he charged through an army of lawyers, sometimes . .
. nuzzling like an eel in the mud. --arbuthnot.
1913 webster
2. to go with head poised like a swine, with nose down.
1913 webster
sir roger shook his ears, and nuzzled along.
--arbuthnot.
1913 webster
3. cf. nuzzle, v. t., 2. to hide the head, as a child in
the mother's bosom; to nestle.
1913 webster
4. to loiter; to idle. prov. eng. --halliwell.
1913 webster
see also:
nozzle nuzzle
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
noursle \nour"sle\, v. t. freq., fr. oe. nourse. see nurse.
to nurse; to rear; to bring up. obs. written also nosel,
nousel, nousle, nowsle, nusle, nuzzle, etc.
1913 webster
she noursled him till years he raught. --spenser.
1913 webster
see also:
nurse nosel nousel nousle nowsle nusle
nuzzle
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
nuzzle
v 1: move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position;
"we cuddled against each other to keep warm"; "the
children snuggled into their sleeping bags" syn: cuddle,
snuggle, nestle, nest, draw close
2: rub noses syn: nose
3: dig out with the snout; "the pig nuzzled the truffle"
see also:
cuddle snuggle nestle nest draw close nose
- [5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
18 moby thesaurus words for "nuzzle":
bundle, burrow, caress, croodle, cuddle, feel up, fondle, knead,
lap, massage, nestle, nose, pet, rub, rub against, rub noses,
snuggle, stroke
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