nuzzle

1. v. t. To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up. Source: opted

2. v. t. To nestle; to house, as in a nest. Source: opted

3. v. i. To work with the nose, like a swine in the mud. Source: opted

4. v. i. To go with head poised like a swine, with nose down. Source: opted

5. v. t. To hide the head, as a child in the mother's bosom; to nestle. Source: opted

6. v. t. To loiter; to idle. Source: opted

7. v. move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position Source: wordnet

8. v. rub noses Source: wordnet

9. v. dig out with the snout Source: wordnet

10. 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.] To nestle; to house, as in a nest. 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.] To hide the head, as a child in the mother's bosom; to nestle. 4. To loiter; to idle. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. Source: webster

11. v:100 v. rub noses v. dig out with the snout Source: ecdict

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