nestle

Meaning

Verb

• To settle oneself comfortably and snugly.
• To press oneself against another affectionately.
• To lie half-hidden or in shelter.
• To build or sit upon a nest.
• Of a bird: to look after its young.
• To move or place into a comfortable position

Related

Similar words

• : settle
• : cuddle, snuggle

Origin

• From Middle English nestelen, nestlen, from Old English nistlan, nestlian, nistlian, from Proto-West Germanic *nistilōn, equivalent to nest + -le. Cognate with Middle Low German nëstelen, Dutch nestelen.