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# nestled

«nestled» in Mova's school dictionary: **to settle snugly close to someone or something: the child…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (nestle, nestles, nestled, nestling)

### meaning for a pupil

To nestle is to settle snugly close to someone or something: the child nestled closer to the old man. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nestled/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, a bird settling in its nest or a child cuddling up

### examples

- The chick nestled under its mother's wing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nestled/#x1)
- The child nestled closer to the fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nestled/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

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