snuggle

«snuggle» in Mova's school dictionary: To get into a warm, comfortable position, often close to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (snuggle, snuggles, snuggled, snuggling); noun (a snuggle, snuggles)

meaning for a pupil

1) To get into a warm, comfortable position, often close to someone or under a blanket. tree →

2) To hold someone close and cuddle them. tree →

3) (noun) A cuddle. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life children snuggle up with a book, a pet or a parent; in stories it shows warmth, safety and love. Phrases: «snuggle up», «snuggle down», «snuggle into».

examples

• We snuggled up under the blanket to watch a film. tree →
• The kittens snuggled together to keep warm. tree →
• Come and have a snuggle on the sofa. tree →
• She snuggled down in bed with her teddy. tree →
• The baby snuggled into Mum's arms. tree →
• On cold nights the dog snuggles at the end of my bed. tree →

note

Regular verb; double g. Adjective: «snuggly». Similar: cuddle, nestle. Don't confuse with «smuggle».

In the corpora

• In cartoons winter animals snuggle in cosy burrows with scarves on.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «snuggle» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.