nuz·zle /ˈnʌzəl/
(vt.)(vi.)將鼻插入,用鼻掘,用鼻愛撫
Nour·sle v. t. To nurse; to rear; to bring up. [Obs.] [Written also nosel, nousel, nousle, nowsle, nusle, nuzzle, etc.]
She noursled him till years he raught. --Spenser.
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Nuz·zle v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nuzzled p. pr. & vb. n. Nuzzling ]
1. To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up. [Obs.]
The people had been nuzzled in idolatry. --Milton.
2. To nestle; to house, as in a nest.
Nuz·zle v. i.
1. To work with the nose, like a swine in the mud.
And nuzzling in his flank, the loving swine
Sheathed, unaware, the tusk in his soft groin. --Shak.
He charged through an army of lawyers, sometimes . . . nuzzling like an eel in the mud. --Arbuthnot.
2. To go with head poised like a swine, with nose down.
Sir Roger shook his ears, and nuzzled along. --Arbuthnot.
3. To hide the head, as a child in the mother's bosom; to nestle.
4. To loiter; to idle. [Prov. Eng.]
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nuzzle
v 1: move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position;
"We cuddled against each other to keep warm"; "The
children snuggled into their sleeping bags" [syn: cuddle,
snuggle, nestle, nest, draw close]
2: rub noses [syn: nose]
3: dig out with the snout; "the pig nuzzled the truffle"