Meaning

7 senses
  1. (intransitive)To crowd together.

    The sheep huddled together seeking warmth.

    толпи́тьсяtolpítʹsja, столпи́тьсяstolpítʹsja

    crowd or draw together

  2. (intransitive)To curl one's legs up to the chest and keep one's arms close to the torso; to crouch; to assume a position similar to that of an embryo in the womb.

    crouch or curl up

  3. To get together and discuss a topic.

  4. (intransitive)To form a huddle.

  5. (transitive)To crowd (things) together; to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system.

  6. (transitive)To do, make, or put, in haste or roughly; hence, to do imperfectly; usually with a following preposition or adverb (huddle on, huddle up, huddle together).

  7. (intransitive)To hesitate during play while thinking about one's next move.

Examples

29 sentences
  1. Penguins often huddle together to keep warm.

    ruПингвины часто собираются в кучу и прижимаются друг к другу, чтобы сохранить тепло.

    dePinguine stehen oft eng beisammen, um sich warm zu halten.

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  2. They huddled together.

    ruОни прижались друг к другу.

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  3. Mary is huddled on the couch.

    deMary liegt zusammengekauert auf der Couch.

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  4. Several children were huddled around the fire.

    deMehrere Kinder drängten sich um das Feuer zusammen.

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  5. They huddled close together to stay warm.

    deSie rückten eng aneinander, um sich zu wärmen.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
crowd together:

Origin

From Middle English *hudelen, alteration (due to hudels, hidels (“hiding place”), see hidd

From Middle English *hudelen, alteration (due to hudels, hidels (“hiding place”), see hiddle) of *huderen, hoderen (“to cover; press together; huddle”), a frequentative form of Middle English huden, hiden (“to hide”), equivalent to hide + -le and/or hide + -er. Compare Low German huderken (“to brood; coddle; nurse; lull children to sleep”).

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Forms

huddles, huddling, huddled, huddled
Base formhuddle · to huddle
3rd person singularhuddles
Present participlehuddling
Past simplehuddled
Past participlehuddled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhuddle
he, she, ithuddles

Past simpleLesson

all personshuddled

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill huddle

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

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