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Cuddle

noun

A close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace. Synonyms: nestle, snuggle.

verb

(past & past part. cuddled; pres. part. cuddling)

Move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position. Synonyms: draw close, nest, nestle, nuzzle, snuggle. "The children snuggled into their sleeping bags"

Hold (a person or thing) close, as for affection, comfort, or warmth.

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"Cuddle" Quotes from Famous Books

... quick as Vitalis thought; for a long time I turned and turned on my bed of straw, too unhappy to sleep. Would all my days now be like this, walking in the pouring rain; sleeping in a loft, shaking with cold, and only a piece of dry bread for supper? No one to love me; no one to cuddle me; ...

— Nobody's Boy - Sans Famille • Hector Malot

... in the world should make up their minds that they wanted to vote worse than anything else on earth—worse even than they want their husbands to go to church with them—and each woman would put on her prettiest clothes, and cuddle up to her own particular man in her softest and most womanish way, when she was begging him to get suffrage for her—why, you all know they would do it. Men would get it for us exactly as they would buy ...

— From a Girl's Point of View • Lilian Bell

... particular night Rilla was tired and cold and very thankful to creep into her warm nest and cuddle down between her blankets, though as usual with a sorrowful wonder how Jem and Jerry were faring. She was just getting warm and drowsy when Jims suddenly began to cry—and kept ...

— Rilla of Ingleside • Lucy Maud Montgomery

... pass through the lane. It waited in the doorway each night for the return of its mistress, and in the soft glow of the lamplight which streamed from within, he had seen her catch the little creature up affectionately and cuddle it up against her neck before the door closed ...

— The Crevice • William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander

... thing in the world that I had formed no conclusions upon at the age of six it was female loveliness. To cuddle against a gentle mother when bogies were about had nothing whatsoever to do with that gentle mother's personal appearance. To strike valiantly at Mary's face when the hot water and the scrubbing-brush were going had nothing to ...

— The Spread Eagle and Other Stories • Gouverneur Morris

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