snuggle

snuggle
verb (to curl one's body up especially closely against another person, for warmth etc: She snuggled up to her mother and went to sleep.) sich kuscheln
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snug·gle
[ˈsnʌgl̩]
I. vi sich akk kuscheln [o schmiegen]
let's \snuggle [up] together on the sofa komm, wir machen es uns auf dem Sofa gemütlich
to \snuggle with sb mit jdm kuscheln
to \snuggle under the covers sich akk unter die Bettdecke kuscheln
II. vt
1. (hold)
to \snuggle sb/sth jdn/etw an sich akk drücken
he \snuggled the package under his arm er klemmte sich das Paket unter den Arm
2. usu passive (nestle)
to be \snuggled sich akk schmiegen
III. n (sl) Umarmung f
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['snʌgl]
1. vi
sich schmiegen, sich kuscheln

to snuggle down in bed — sich ins Bett kuscheln

to snuggle up (to sb) — sich (an jdn) anschmiegen or ankuscheln

I like to snuggle up with a book — ich mache es mir gern mit einem Buch gemütlich

to snuggle into sb/sth — sich an jdm ankuscheln/in etw (acc)

the cottages snuggled in the valley — die Häuschen schmiegten sich ins Tal

2. vt
an sich (acc) schmiegen
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snuggle [ˈsnʌɡl]
A v/i meist snuggle up sich anschmiegen oder kuscheln (to sb an jemanden):
snuggle down (in bed) sich ins Bett kuscheln;
snuggle together sich aneinanderschmiegen oder kuscheln
B v/t an sich drücken oder schmiegen
* * *
v.
kuscheln v.
liebkosen v.

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