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cuddle
What does cuddle mean?
cuddle (verb): to embrace (someone) affectionately; to hug (someone) closely.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use cuddle in a sentence?
- We cuddled against each other to keep warm. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce cuddle?
/ˈkʌdl̩/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does cuddle come from?
Origin uncertain, but probably from a frequentative form of Middle English *cudden, cuththen, keththen (“to embrace”), a variant of cuthen, kuthen, kithen (“to be familiar with, make known”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to cuddle
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “cuddle” mean?
to recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory
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to divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument
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to embrace (someone) affectionately; to hug (someone) closely
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(of a quantity, etc.) to become larger or greater, to greaten
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