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# snuggle

«snuggle» in Mova's school dictionary: **To get into a warm, comfortable position, often close to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (snuggle, snuggles, snuggled, snuggling); noun (a snuggle, snuggles)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To get into a warm, comfortable position, often close to someone or under a blanket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snuggle/#m1)

2) To hold someone close and cuddle them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snuggle/#m2)

3) (noun) A cuddle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snuggle/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life children snuggle up with a book, a pet or a parent; in stories it shows warmth, safety and love. Phrases: «snuggle up», «snuggle down», «snuggle into».

### examples

- We snuggled up under the blanket to watch a film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snuggle/#x1)
- The kittens snuggled together to keep warm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snuggle/#x2)
- Come and have a snuggle on the sofa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snuggle/#x3)
- She snuggled down in bed with her teddy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snuggle/#x4)
- The baby snuggled into Mum's arms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snuggle/#x5)
- On cold nights the dog snuggles at the end of my bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snuggle/#x6)

### note

Regular verb; double g. Adjective: «snuggly». Similar: cuddle, nestle. Don't confuse with «smuggle».

### In the corpora

- [In cartoons winter animals snuggle in cosy burrows with scarves on.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/336-the-garden-in-winter-bare-trees-tracks-in-the-snow-and-who-sleeps-where/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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