nestle

1. 1.

   a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace

   Synonymscuddlesnuggle

   Broaderembrace

Other forms of nestle

plural

nestles·

past tense

nestled·

present participle

nestling·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nestle

What does nestle mean?

nestle means "move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in nestle?

nestle has 2 syllables: nes-tle. The stress falls on "nes". In IPA it is /ˈnɛsəl/.

What is another word for nestle?

Close synonyms include cuddle, snuggle, nest, nuzzle, draw close. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nestle a common word?

nestle is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.