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Meanings of nestling in English

Portuguese
jovem
Catalan
xaval
Spanish
criatura
Wikidata

A young person of either sex.

      jovem
      Catalan
      pollet
      Spanish
      cría de ave

      Young bird not yet fledged.

            pollet

            A young bird of any species.

                  Usage of nestling in English
                  1
                  In it was a glass globe, nestling in fine grey tissue paper.
                  The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide
                  2
                  She found Susan in the bed and nestling comfortably into the pillows.
                  Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
                  3
                  She was nestling up to him in a trustful sort of way.
                  An Old Meerschaum / From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume...
                  4
                  And so the leaf stopped sighing, but went on nestling and singing.
                  A Child's Story Garden
                  5
                  Half-way up was a large wooden building, nestling in a grassy cove.
                  Among the Sioux: A Story of the Twin Cities and the Two Dakotas
                  6
                  He was looking towards an old stone mansion nestling among the trees.
                  The Pomp of Yesterday
                  7
                  He strolled back, and looked down upon it, nestling on the ledge.
                  In a Hollow of the Hills
                  8
                  The young woman sat silent, nestling up against the man she loved.
                  The Hollow Needle; Further adventures of Arsene Lupin
                  9
                  Francesca Cunninghame feeds a mangrove finch nestling in the captive rearing room.
                  Radio NZ
                  10
                  And a pretty armful it was, nestling against him wearily, but happy.
                  The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke
                  11
                  She ran her footstool to him, and sat nestling to his heart.
                  A Simpleton
                  12
                  The mask sank into place, nestling against its familiar red velvet setting.
                  Inferno
                  13
                  Small birds follow larger egg and nestling eaters, attacking their flight feathers.
                  The Guardian
                  14
                  Isabel lay silent a moment, nestling her closed eyelids against his throat.
                  Nightfall
                  15
                  We found them nestling behind a panel-oldfamily hiding place, you know.
                  The Firefly of France
                  16
                  Gibbon glanced grudgingly at them, nestling becomingly enough under Bessie's plump chin.
                  Mrs. Day's Daughters
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                  Nestling through the time
                  Nestling across language varieties
                  United Kingdom
                  Common
                  United States of America
                  Less common