Definitions | nestle |
| verb (nestl, ing)
- To settle oneself comfortably and snugly.
- To press oneself against another affectionately.
- To lie half-hidden or in shelter.
- The old shop nestled between the newer apartment buildings.
- (context, archaic, ornithology) To build or sit upon a nest.
Translations: - French: se pelotonner
- German: sich anschmiegen
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Etymology: nestlian, "make a nest", derived from nest+-lian.
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