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| nes·tle [ néss'l ] (past and past participle nes·tled, present participle nest·ling, 3rd person present singular nes·tles) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb settle into comfortable position: to settle into a position that feels comfortable, warm, and safe, or lay a part of the body in such a position
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2. intransitive verb be secluded: to be in a sheltered or secluded place
  a village nestling in the foothills
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3. transitive verb cushion something with soft material: to put something such as delicate china or glassware in a protected cushion of soft material
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| [ Old English nestlian< Germanic] |
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| nes·tler noun |
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