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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
bundle, burrow, caress, croodle, cuddle, feel up, fondle, knead, lap, massage, nestle, nose, pet, rub, rub against, rub noses, snuggle, stroke
Dictionary Results for nuzzle:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
nuzzle
    v 1: move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position;
         "We cuddled against each other to keep warm"; "The children
         snuggled into their sleeping bags" [syn: cuddle,
         snuggle, nestle, nest, nuzzle, draw close]
    2: rub noses [syn: nuzzle, nose]
    3: dig out with the snout; "the pig nuzzled the truffle"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Nuzzle \Nuz"zle\ (n[u^]z"z'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nuzzled
   (n[u^]z"z'ld);p. pr. & vb. n. Nuzzling (n[u^]z"zl[i^]ng).]
   [See Noursle.]
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   1. To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up. [Obs.]
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            The people had been nuzzled in idolatry. --Milton.
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   2. [Perh. a corruption of nestle. Cf. Nustle.] To nestle;
      to house, as in a nest.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Nuzzle \Nuz"zle\ (n[u^]z"z'l), v. i. [Dim. fr. nose. See
   Nozzle.]
   1. To work with the nose, like a swine in the mud.
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            And nuzzling in his flank, the loving swine
            Sheathed, unaware, the tusk in his soft groin.
                                                  --Shak.
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            He charged through an army of lawyers, sometimes . .
            . nuzzling like an eel in the mud.    --Arbuthnot.
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   2. To go with head poised like a swine, with nose down.
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            Sir Roger shook his ears, and nuzzled along.
                                                  --Arbuthnot.
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   3. [Cf. Nuzzle, v. t., 2.] To hide the head, as a child in
      the mother's bosom; to nestle.
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   4. To loiter; to idle. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Noursle \Nour"sle\, v. t. [Freq., fr. OE. nourse. See Nurse.]
   To nurse; to rear; to bring up. [Obs.] [Written also nosel,
   nousel, nousle, nowsle, nusle, nuzzle, etc.]
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         She noursled him till years he raught.   --Spenser.
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