English Dictionary

nuzzle

/ˈnʌzəl/

verb

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

The dog nuzzled against my leg.

意味（1）

(transitive, intransitive) (of animals, lovers, etc) To touch someone or something with the nose.

The horse nuzzled its foal's head gently to wake him up.

意味（2）

(obsolete) To nurse; to foster; to bring up.

The people had been nuzzled in idolatry.

意味（3）

(obsolete) To nestle; to house, as in a nest.

意味（4）

(obsolete) To go along with the nose to the ground, like a pig.

He charg'd through an army of lawyers, sometimes with sword in hand, at other times nuzzling like an eel in the mud.