'Nuzzle' definitions:

Definition of 'nuzzle'

From: WordNet
verb
Move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position; "We cuddled against each other to keep warm"; "The children snuggled into their sleeping bags" [syn: cuddle, snuggle, nestle, nest, nuzzle, draw close]
verb
Rub noses [syn: nuzzle, nose]
verb
Dig out with the snout; "the pig nuzzled the truffle"

Definition of 'Nuzzle'

From: GCIDE
  • Nuzzle \Nuz"zle\ (n[u^]z"z'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nuzzled (n[u^]z"z'ld);p. pr. & vb. n. Nuzzling (n[u^]z"zl[i^]ng).] [See Noursle.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • The people had been nuzzled in idolatry. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. [Perh. a corruption of nestle. Cf. Nustle.] To nestle; to house, as in a nest. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Nuzzle'

From: GCIDE
  • Nuzzle \Nuz"zle\ (n[u^]z"z'l), v. i. [Dim. fr. nose. See Nozzle.]
  • 1. To work with the nose, like a swine in the mud. [1913 Webster]
  • And nuzzling in his flank, the loving swine Sheathed, unaware, the tusk in his soft groin. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • He charged through an army of lawyers, sometimes . . . nuzzling like an eel in the mud. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To go with head poised like a swine, with nose down. [1913 Webster]
  • Sir Roger shook his ears, and nuzzled along. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. [Cf. Nuzzle, v. t., 2.] To hide the head, as a child in the mother's bosom; to nestle. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To loiter; to idle. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'nuzzle'

From: GCIDE
  • Noursle \Nour"sle\, v. t. [Freq., fr. OE. nourse. See Nurse.] To nurse; to rear; to bring up. [Obs.] [Written also nosel, nousel, nousle, nowsle, nusle, nuzzle, etc.] [1913 Webster]
  • She noursled him till years he raught. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'nuzzle'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Nuzzle'