nestle

[ nes-uhl ]

/ ˈnɛs əl /

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verb (used without object), nes·tled, nes·tling.

to lie close and snug, like a bird in a nest; snuggle or cuddle.

to lie or be located in a sheltered spot; be naturally or pleasantly situated: a cottage nestling in a pine grove.

Archaic.

to make or have a nest.
to make one's home; settle in a home.

verb (used with object), nes·tled, nes·tling.

to settle or ensconce snugly: He nestled himself into the hay for a short nap.

to put or press confidingly or affectionately: She nestled her head on his shoulder.

to provide with or settle in a nest, as a bird.

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Origin of nestle

before 1000; Middle English nestlen,Old English nestlian, cognate with Dutch nestelen.See nest, -le

OTHER WORDS FROM nestle

nestler, nounun·nes·tled, adjective

Words nearby nestle

nest box, nested, nest egg, nesting, nesting table, nestle, nestling, nest of drawers, Nestor, Nestorian, Nestorianism

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How to use nestle in a sentence

The Manin-Mumford conjecture has to do with how many times one of these complicated curves, nestled inside its Jacobian, intersects the torsion points of the Jacobian.
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In the days after, he headed about 80 miles south, to a tiny town nestled in the Santa Cruz mountains.
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Many of the 3,000 delegates who gathered at the end of January in the town nestled in the Swiss Alps were unaware that a global pandemic was looming.
What will it take for in-person events to return during Covid-19?|Tripti Lahiri|January 31, 2021|Quartz
For a tree topper, the bow is nestled in a series of loops, with ribbon going down.
Seven ways to elevate your holiday decorating, according to the pros at Biltmore|Virginia Brown|December 10, 2020|Washington Post

If our galaxy is nestled within a vast sphere of gas, this halo might be storing enough mass to account for the Milky Way’s “missing” matter.
Meet the disk-shaped halo of hot gas you currently live in|Kate Baggaley|October 21, 2020|Popular-Science
Low-hanging clouds nestle among the layers of mountains; horses and cows graze in the middle distance.
Will Coffee Rust Hurt Starbucks?|Nina Strochlic|June 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“It was tough to get the Star of David to nestle within the right patch of chest hair,” jokes Wilkinson.
Creating American Hustle’s Sexy, Oscar-Nominated Look: From Pasties to The Plaza|Marlow Stern|February 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Last year, Breyer sold his stock in Nestle so he could participate in a case involving that company.
The Supreme Court’s Health-Care Stock Problem|Peter Schweizer|March 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
For a moment the girl suffered the caress; almost she seemed to nestle closer to the Dowager's shoulder.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
In your radiant and immaculate bosom the divine spark may be enshrined, a place without sullying where it may fitly nestle.
Balsamo, The Magician|Alexander Dumas
No hateful furniture; clay against clay: they seemed almost to nestle in it.
The Relief of Mafeking|Filson Young
We approach and watch the enormous rock seeming to grow taller and taller as we nestle beneath it in the beautiful harbor.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873|Various
Swallows are not very common; they do not nestle on the housetops, but on walls at some distance from towns.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests|J. J. von Tschudi

British Dictionary definitions for nestle

nestle

/ (ˈnɛsəl) /

verb

(intr; often foll by up or down) to snuggle, settle, or cuddle closely

(intr) to be in a sheltered or protected position; lie snugly

(tr) to shelter or place snugly or partly concealed, as in a nest

Derived forms of nestle

nestler, noun

Word Origin for nestle

Old English nestlian. See nest

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