WordNet
v. move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position; "We cuddled against each other to keep warm"; "The children snuggled into their sleeping bags" [syn: cuddle, snuggle, nestle, nest, nuzzle]
move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer" [syn: approach, near, come on, go up, draw near, come near]
pull towards oneself; "He drew the crying child close"
Usage examples of "draw close".
But they allowed me to draw close enough--whether to identify me or simply make a better target of me, I could not be sure--and when they realized who I was, a joyous cry went up.
He forced himself to bend down and draw close to this sickening object: above the scored and shrivelled flesh the man's face, bereft of eyelashes, eyebrows, and the front portion of his scalp, looked expressionless and foolish.
There I often walked along the shore, listened to the sea, and thought as I had done in my youth, with amazement and horror, about the sad and senseless confusion of life, that one could love in vain, that people who meant well toward each other should work out their destinies separately, each one going his own inexplicable way, and how each would like to help and draw close to the other and yet was unable to do so, as in troubled meaningless dreams.
She watched him draw close to the object, watched him turn his light on it.
No wonder the woman's feet had started to turn in at the ankles, and her arms to draw close to her chest if the nurse didn't force them down into her lap again.
Whenever a general looked as if he might indeed be the leader the war required, Chase would draw close to him and befriend him.
Nevertheless, that night Purchas insisted that the wagons draw close together and he posted watches.