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nestled
[ adj ]
drawn or pressed close to someone or something for or as if for affection or protection
<adj.all>
saw a number of small houses nestled against the hillsidelike a baby snuggled in its mother's arms




Nestle \Nes"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Nestled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Nestling}.] [AS. nestlian.]
1. To make and occupy a nest; to nest. [Obs.]

The kingfisher . . . nestles in hollow banks.
--L'Estrange.

2. To lie close and snug, as a bird in her nest; to cuddle
up; to settle, as in a nest; to harbor; to take shelter.

Their purpose was to fortify in some strong place of
the wild country, and there nestle till succors
came. --Bacon.

The children were nestled all snug in their beds
While visions of sugarplums danced in their heads.
--Clement
Clarke Moore
(A Visit From
St. Nicholas,
(a poem
[1823]) also
called The
{Night Before
Christmas}).
[PJC]

3. To move about in one's place, like a bird when shaping the
interior of her nest or a young bird getting close to the
parent; as, a child nestles.