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Cuddle   /kˈədəl/   Listen
Cuddle

verb
(past & past part. cuddled; pres. part. cuddling)
1.
Move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position.  Synonyms: draw close, nest, nestle, nuzzle, snuggle.  "The children snuggled into their sleeping bags"
2.
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

... his condition by a feline figure; he is said to "cuddle up to her like a sick kitten to a hot brick." But the sick Oriental kitten, reversing the Occidental order of kitten things, cuddles up to a water-monkey, and fondly embraces the refreshing evaporation of its beaded bulb with all her paws and all her bushy tail. ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, March, 1858 • Various

... eyes followed her out of the room, as if she had been guilty of something. When they brought her coffee, she started as though it were a cup of poison which Mr. Hicks, the butler, wished to propose to her. What mystery was there lurking? Oh, those women! They nurse and cuddle their presentiments, and make darlings of their ugliest thoughts, as they do ...
— Vanity Fair • William Makepeace Thackeray

... a good deal, too, and seemed wretched, except when in Norah's lap. Here he would cuddle up contentedly, and whine most miserably when she had to set him down again ...
— Johnny Bear - And Other Stories From Lives of the Hunted • E. T. Seton

... Each one shall have his turn! There is no privilege, even for a boatswain! On the whole, it is better not to have to fear famine! One can fight against the cold. We shall dig holes in the iceberg, and cuddle ourselves up there. And why should we not have a general dwelling-room? We could make a cave for ourselves with pickaxes! I have heard tell that ice preserves heat. Well, let it preserve ours, and that is all ...
— An Antarctic Mystery • Jules Verne

... recognized the physiognomy of a mushroom peer. Finally, if he is at a loss, he can make a living head, body, and legs out of steel or tortoise-shell, as in the case of the vivacious pair of spectacles that are jockeying the nose of Caddy Cuddle. ...
— George Cruikshank • William Makepeace Thackeray

... to herself; she fancied that to Sam Clark she sounded insane. But he chuckled, "Now you just cuddle under Sam's wing, and if anybody rubbers at you too long, I'll shoo 'em off. Here we go! Watch my smoke—Sam'l, the ladies' delight and ...
— Main Street • Sinclair Lewis



Words linked to "Cuddle" :   hold close, cling to, snuggle, embracement, hold tight, cuddling, clutch, hug, nuzzle, embracing, squeeze, embrace, bosom, cuddly



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