nuzzles
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nuzzle
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Source: Wiktionary
Nuz"zle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nuzzied;p. pr. & vb. n. Nuzzling.] Etym: [See Noursle.]
1. To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up. [Obs.] The people had been nuzzled in idolatry. Milton.
2. Etym: [Perh. a corruption of nestle. Cf. Nustle.]
Definition: To nestle; to house, as in a nest.
Nuz"zle, v. i. Etym: [Dim. fr. nose. See Nozzle.]
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. Etym: [Cf. Nuzzle, v. t., 2.]
Definition: To hide the head, as a child in the mother's bosom; to nestle.
4. To loiter; to idle. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 November 2024
(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”
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