{
  "nuzzle":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to lie close or snug":[],
      ": to root, rub, or touch with or as if with the nose":[],
      ": to rub or push gently against something":[
        "nuzzled her face against the cushion"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The dog nuzzled my leg.",
      "He nuzzled into her neck.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Jessie Holmes takes a break from cooking his dogs a meal to nuzzle with two wheel dogs at the Ophir checkpoint during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. \u2014 CBS News , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Then the cow will often try to nuzzle or lick or otherwise check out the new item. \u2014 Anna Fifield, Washington Post , 24 Aug. 2020",
      "Caesar, who can often be seen nuzzling McCool\u2019s white beard, seemed thrown off, too, by his cloth mask. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 May 2020",
      "When volunteers walked by their cages, the animals nuzzled next to their wire cages behind a bar fence to get closer. \u2014 Tessa Duvall, The Courier-Journal , 22 Feb. 2020",
      "The unnamed calf was born at Potter Park Zoo on Tuesday before 6 a.m. The 12-year-old mother, Doppsee, nuzzled her baby within minutes and the calf was standing up about 90 minutes later, according to the zoo. \u2014 USA TODAY , 26 Dec. 2019",
      "Brown stew chicken, on the other hand, embraces a mild sweetness \u2014 soft, fall-apart thighs and legs that nuzzle up to rice and peas and a pile of sauteed cabbage. \u2014 Dominic Armato, azcentral , 9 Mar. 2020",
      "Stark handed a monkey to a girl standing nearby, and the primate nuzzled into her jacket and wrapped its long tail around her thigh. \u2014 Tessa Duvall, The Courier-Journal , 22 Feb. 2020",
      "As a result, Hayward carries her shoulders in an inverted boomerang arch, for instance, and nuzzles the hapless but irresistible magician Laurie Davidson (Mr. Mistoffeles) cheek to furry cheek. \u2014 Hamish Bowles, Vogue , 19 Dec. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1530, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English noselen to bring the nose toward the ground, from nose":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8n\u0259-z\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "cuddle",
      "nestle",
      "snoozle",
      "snuggle"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213043",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  }
}