Meaning

2 senses

  1. (Wales)To hug, cuddle, embrace, or comfort.

  2. (Wales)To crouch or lie (down).

Origin

From Welsh cwtsio, from cwtsh + -o (suffix forming verbnouns).

From Welsh cwtsio, from cwtsh + -o (suffix forming verbnouns).

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Forms

cwtches, cwtching, cwtched, cwtched
Base formcwtch · to cwtch
3rd person singularcwtches
Present participlecwtching
Past simplecwtched
Past participlecwtched

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycwtch
he, she, itcwtches

Past simpleLesson

all personscwtched

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave cwtched
he, she, ithas cwtched

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cwtch

Synonyms

21 synonyms
clipB1strainB2holdA2complyC1embraceB2hugA2pressB1squeezeB2accollamplectbeclipcollcomplectenfold

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cutthroatcuttingcuttlefishcyancyanide

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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