huddle
Huddled, confused, congestedHuddled, confused, congested.
» Penguins often huddle together to keep warm.
Pinguine stehen oft eng beisammen, um sich warm zu halten.
Пингвины часто собираются в кучу и прижимаются друг к другу, чтобы сохранить тепло.
Meaning
1 senses(not comparable)Huddled, confused, congested.
Examples
29 sentencesPenguins often huddle together to keep warm.
ruПингвины часто собираются в кучу и прижимаются друг к другу, чтобы сохранить тепло. — Selena777
dePinguine stehen oft eng beisammen, um sich warm zu halten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
They huddled together.
ruОни прижались друг к другу. — marafon
Mary is huddled on the couch.
deMary liegt zusammengekauert auf der Couch. — Tamy
Several children were huddled around the fire.
deMehrere Kinder drängten sich um das Feuer zusammen. — Tamy
They huddled close together to stay warm.
deSie rückten eng aneinander, um sich zu wärmen. — Waldelfe
Origin
From Middle English *hudelen, alteration (due to hudels, hidels (“hiding place”), see hiddFrom 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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