NESTLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nestle mean? 

• NESTLE (noun)
  The noun NESTLE has 1 sense:

1. a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace

  Familiarity information: NESTLE used as a noun is very rare.

• NESTLE (verb)
  The verb NESTLE has 3 senses:

1. move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position

2. lie in a sheltered position

3. position comfortably

  Familiarity information: NESTLE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NESTLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

cuddle; nestle; snuggle

Hypernyms ("nestle" is a kind of...):

embrace; embracement; embracing (the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection))

Derivation:

nestle (move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position)

• NESTLE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they nestle    ... he / she / it nestles   
Past simple: nestled   
Past participle: nestled   
-ing form: nestling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

cuddle; draw close; nest; nestle; nuzzle; snuggle

Context example:

The children snuggled into their sleeping bags

Hypernyms (to "nestle" is one way to...):

cling to; clutch; hold close; hold tight (hold firmly, usually with one's hands)

Verb group:

nestle; snuggle (position comfortably)

draw close (pull towards oneself)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence examples:

The children nestle in the rocking chair
There nestle some children in the rocking chair

Derivation:

nestle (a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lie in a sheltered position

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

The little cottage nestles in the forest

Hypernyms (to "nestle" is one way to...):

lie (be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Sense 3

Meaning:

Position comfortably

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

nestle; snuggle

Context example:

The baby nestled her head in her mother's elbow

Hypernyms (to "nestle" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Verb group:

cuddle; draw close; nest; nestle; nuzzle; snuggle (move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

Twice he bent and kissed her, and each time her lips met his shyly and her body made its happy, nestling movement.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The little creature ran across at the words and nestled up against the lady’s dress.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Don't talk about being poor, and working hard!” said Dora, nestling closer to me.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

When the ash finally settled in January 2015, a newborn island with a 400-foot (120-meter) summit nestled between two older islands – visible to satellites in space.

(NASA Shows New Tongan Island Made of Tuff Stuff, Likely to Persist Years, NASA)

New findings have emerged about five tiny moons nestled in and near Saturn's rings.

(NASA's Cassini Finds Saturn's Rings Coat Tiny Moons, NASA)

I again nestled to the breast of the hill; and ere long in sleep forgot sorrow.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

ALMA also revealed that these large galaxies were nestled inside an even-more-massive cosmic structure, a halo of dark matter several trillion times more massive than the sun.

(Massive primordial galaxies found in ‘halo’ of dark matter, National Science Foundation)

Holmes nestled in silence into his heavy coat, and I was glad to do the same, for the air was most bitter, and neither of us had broken our fast.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A rosy, chubby, sunshiny little soul was Daisy, who found her way to everybody's heart, and nestled there.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

On the Gascon side of the great mountains there had been running streams, meadows, forests, and little nestling villages.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)