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# huddled

«huddled» in Mova's school dictionary: **Crowded closely together in a group, often to keep warm…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb, past form of «huddle» (huddle, huddles, huddled, huddling); adjective (huddled)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Crowded closely together in a group, often to keep warm, feel safe or talk secretly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/huddled/#m1)

2) Curled up or hunched, with arms and legs pulled close to the body, often because of cold or fear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/huddled/#m2)

3) (adjective) Pressed close together: huddled houses, huddled sheep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/huddled/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories «huddled» paints a picture of cold, fear or secrecy: children huddled under a blanket during a storm, penguins huddled against the wind. In science lessons animals huddle to save body heat (emperor penguins are a famous example). In sport, a team huddles to plan a play. Phrases: huddled together, huddled around (a fire, a phone), huddled up, huddled in a corner.

### examples

- The children huddled together under the blanket while the thunder roared. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/huddled/#x1)
- Emperor penguins huddled in a big group to keep warm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/huddled/#x2)
- We huddled around the campfire telling stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/huddled/#x3)
- The puppy lay huddled in the corner, shaking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/huddled/#x4)
- The team huddled to plan the last play of the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/huddled/#x5)
- She sat huddled in her coat at the bus stop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/huddled/#x6)
- Sheep were huddled against the stone wall in the snow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/huddled/#x7)
- The friends huddled over the map, whispering. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/huddled/#x8)
- She huddled by the fire not daring to move, helpless and guilty, a big woman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/huddled/#x9)

### note

«Huddled» is the past tense and past participle of «huddle»; a «huddle» (noun) is a close group: «the players went into a huddle». Spelling: double d. Do not confuse with «hurdled» (jumped over a hurdle). In science: huddling reduces the surface of each body exposed to the cold, so animals lose less heat.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «huddled» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/huddled/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.