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verb (nestl, ing)
  1. To settle oneself comfortably and snugly.
  2. To press oneself against another affectionately.
  3. To lie half-hidden or in shelter.
The old shop nestled between the newer apartment buildings.
  1. (context, archaic, ornithology) To build or sit upon a nest.
Translations: 
  • French: se pelotonner
  • German: sich anschmiegen
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    (trans-top, To lie half hidden or in shelter)
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Etymology: nestlian, "make a nest", derived from nest+-lian.

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