Synonyms of the word

nuzzle

• v. (of animals, lovers, etc) To touch someone or something with the nose.
• v. (obsolete) To nurse; to foster; to bring up.
• v. (obsolete) To nestle; to house, as in a nest.

caress

• n. An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness.
• n. A gentle stroking or rubbing.
• v. (transitive) To touch or kiss lovingly; to fondle.
• v. (transitive) To affect as if with a caress.

clutch

• v. To seize, as though with claws.
• v. To grip or grasp tightly.
• n. The claw of a predatory animal or bird.
• n. (by extension) A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil.
• n. A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used between engine and gearbox in a car.
• n. The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission.
• n. Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
• n. A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.
• n. (US) An important or critical situation.
• adj. (US, Canada) Performing or tending to perform well in difficult, high-pressure situations.
• n. A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs.
• n. A group or bunch (of people or things).

cuddle

• n. A snuggle; an affectionate embrace, often given to family members and close friends.
• v. (intransitive) To embrace affectionately, lie together snugly.
• v. (transitive) To cradle in one's arms so as to give comfort, warmth.
• v. To lie close or snug; to crouch; to nestle.

excavate

• v. (transitive) To make a hole in (something); to hollow.
• v. (transitive) To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out.
• v. (transitive) To uncover (something) by removing its covering.
• n. (zoology) Any member of a major grouping of unicellular eukaryotes, of the clade Excavata.

nest

• n. A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
• n. A place used by another mammal, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young.
• n. A snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or job situation.
• n. A retreat, or place of habitual resort.
• n. A hideout for bad people to frequent or haunt; a den.
• n. A home that a child or young adult shares with a parent, guardian, or a person acting in the capacity…
• n. (card games) A fixed number of cards in some bidding games awarded to the highest bidder allowing him…
• n. (military) A fortified position for a weapon, e.g. a machine gun nest.
• n. (computing) A structure consisting of nested structures, such as nested loops or nested subroutine calls.
• n. A circular bed of pasta, rice, etc. to be topped or filled with other foods.
• n. (geology) An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.
• n. A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.
• n. A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively.
• v. (intransitive, of animals) To build or settle into a nest.
• v. (intransitive) To settle into a home.
• v. (intransitive) To successively neatly fit inside another.
• v. (transitive) To place in, or as if in, a nest.
• v. (transitive) To place one thing neatly inside another, and both inside yet another (and so on).
• v. (intransitive) To hunt for birds' nests or their contents (usually "go nesting").

nestle

• v. To settle oneself comfortably and snugly.
• v. To press oneself against another affectionately.
• v. To lie half-hidden or in shelter.
• v. (archaic, ornithology) To build or sit upon a nest.
• v. (transitive) To move or place into a comfortable position.

nose

• n. A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
• n. A snout, the nose of an animal.
• n. The tip of an object.
• n. (horse racing) The length of a horse’s nose, used to indicate the distance between horses at the finish…
• n. A perfumer.
• n. The power of smelling.
• n. Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
• n. The skill in recognising bouquet.
• n. (by extension) Skill at finding information.
• v. (intransitive) To move cautiously by advancing its front end.
• v. (intransitive) To snoop.
• v. (transitive) To detect by smell or as if by smell.
• v. (transitive) To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
• v. (transitive) To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.
• v. (transitive) To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.
• v. (transitive) To furnish with a nose.
• v. (transitive) To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.

snuggle

• n. An affectionate hug.
• n. The final remnant left in a liquor bottle.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy.
• v. To move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cosy position.