nestled
past simple and past participle ofnestle
nestle
verb[IorT,+ adv/prep]
uk/ˈnes.əl/us/ˈnes.əl/torestyourself orpartofyourbodyin awarm,comfortable, andprotectedposition:
She nestled (herhead)againsthisshoulder.
to be in, or put something in, aprotectedposition, withbiggerthings around it:
Bregenz is aprettyAustriantownthat nestlesbetweenthe Alps and Lake Constance.
Comfortable and uncomfortable
- airiness
- airy
- be inyourelementidiom
- be out ofyourelementidiom
- be/feel at homeidiom
- civilization
- comfortable
- comfortably
- cosiness
- cosy
- creature comforts
- curl
- curl up
- ergonomic
- oppressively
- oppressiveness
- primitive
- settle
- snuggle
- snugly
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Examplesofnestled
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
In summary, primitive schemas may benestledbetween depictive and descriptive mental representations.
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Shenestledthe infant to her breast, and from that moment the young villain became silent as a mouse.
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Nestledbetween pictures and propositions, primitive spatial schemas with simple analog features extracted from pictorial scenes may play a subtle but wide role in cognition.
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Such a discovery is one of the delights of this book,nestledin its broader achievement of shedding fresh light on a particular group while duly attending to comparative context.
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Nestledon the frontier between human and wilderness ecosystems, valley settlements were undermined by the gradual loss of ablebodied individuals, social breakdown, political instability and chronic undernourishment.
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Indeed, when local structures of dominance were effectively challenged, they threatened to take away with them much of the facade of order behind which colonial rulenestled.
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All over his back and down his left arm, pieces of shrapnelnestledunder his agonised skin.
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Many of these could be moved right out from the positions in which they havenestledfor the last many years.
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Most people prefer to spend their last daysnestledin the family circle, rather than in a hospital, no matter how efficient, kind and understanding the staff around them.
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Nestledat about 1800 ft above sea level, this spot is 56 kilometres away from the city's railway station.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.With partings, the shape can not benestledprecisely.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Nestledbetween two mountains, a very sheltered basin offers protection from the raging winds which often stop the ferry service from running on schedule.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Freezing and exhausted, he chances upon a small hutnestledaway in the environment.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The park features a rustic campground with some of the sitesnestledin the dunes along the lake shore.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Today the town is known for its stately homesnestledbetween centuries-old live oaks and two championship golf courses.
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