transcription, транскрипция: [ nes(ə)l ]
( nestles, nestling, nestled)
1.
If you nestle or are nestled somewhere, you move into a comfortable position, usually by pressing against someone or against something soft.
John took one child into the crook of each arm and let them nestle against him...
Jade nestled her first child in her arms.
= snuggle
VERB : V prep , V n prep
2.
If something such as a building nestles somewhere or if it is nestled somewhere, it is in that place and seems safe or sheltered.
Nearby, nestling in the hills, was the children’s home...
She nestled the eggs safely in the straw in Jim’s basket.
VERB : V prep , V n prep