Meaning

2 senses

  1. To settle oneself comfortably and snugly.

  2. (obsolete)To take care of fondly; to cherish; to nurse.

Origin

Compare nuzzle and nursle.

Compare nuzzle and nursle.

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Forms

nustles, nustling, nustled, nustled
Base formnustle · to nustle
3rd person singularnustles
Present participlenustling
Past simplenustled
Past participlenustled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theynustle
he, she, itnustles

Past simpleLesson

all personsnustled

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill nustle

Synonyms

3 synonyms
settle oneself:nestle
coddledandle

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
nursingnurturenutB2nutcase
nustle — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto