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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
nestle
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
village
▪ Further down the island, little picturesque old villages nestle into the countryside.
▪ Still, everything seemed normal when I arrived at Lake City, a little Victorian village nestled in a remote valley.
▪ San Mamete is a tiny village nestling prettily amidst unspoilt countryside - between lush foothills and the glistening lake.
▪ A comrade had found a cave near Pac Bo, a village nestled amid the strange northern landscape of limestone hills.
▪ Willoughby Another village nestling at the foot of the wolds, not far from Claythorpe and adjacent to extensive woodlands, is Willoughby.
▪ Limone is a very old village nestling at the foot of the cliffs on the lake's western shore.
▪ Inland, picturesque villages nestle in the wooded Brendon Hills.
▪ Purton is a tranquil village nestling between the banks of the River Severn and the Sharpness Canal.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Blue Ridge is nestled in the picturesque White Mountains.
▪ In the aftermath she nestled in his arms, forgetful of the time.
▪ Leila cooks on a tiny gas stove nestled into the hold of one of the boats.
▪ Silk moved again, outflanked a control console, nestling down beside it as Delaney took over the lead.
▪ Specimens of this anemone have been seen with as many two dozen clown anemonefish nestled among their tentacles.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nestle

Nestle \Nes"tle\, v. t. To house, as in a nest.

2. To cherish, as a bird her young.

Nestle

Nestle \Nes"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Nestled; p. pr. & vb. n. Nestling.] [AS. nestlian.]

  1. To make and occupy a nest; to nest. [Obs.]

    The kingfisher . . . nestles in hollow banks.
    --L'Estrange.

  2. To lie close and snug, as a bird in her nest; to cuddle up; to settle, as in a nest; to harbor; to take shelter.

    Their purpose was to fortify in some strong place of the wild country, and there nestle till succors came.
    --Bacon.

    The children were nestled all snug in their beds While visions of sugarplums danced in their heads.
    --Clement Clarke Moore (A Visit From St. Nicholas, (a poem [1823]) also called The Night Before Christmas).

  3. To move about in one's place, like a bird when shaping the interior of her nest or a young bird getting close to the parent; as, a child nestles.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
nestle

Old English nestlian "build a nest," from nest (see nest (n.)). Figurative sense of "settle (oneself) comfortably, snuggle" is first recorded 1540s. Related: Nestled; nestling.

Wiktionary
nestle

vb. 1 To settle oneself comfortably and snugly. 2 To press oneself against another affectionately. 3 To lie half-hidden or in shelter. 4 (context archaic ornithology English) To build or sit upon a nest. 5 (context transitive English) (rfdef: English)

WordNet
nestle

  1. n. a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace [syn: cuddle, snuggle]

  2. 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, nest, nuzzle, draw close]

  3. lie in a sheltered position; "The little cottage nestles in the forest"

  4. position comfortably; "The baby nestled her head in her mother's elbow" [syn: snuggle]

Wikipedia
Nestlé

Nestlé S.A. (; , , ) is a Swiss transnational food and drink company headquartered in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland. It is the largest food company in the world measured by revenues, and ranked #72 on the Fortune Global 500 in 2014.

Nestlé’s products include baby food, medical food, bottled water, breakfast cereals, coffee and tea, confectionery, dairy products, ice cream, frozen food, pet foods, and snacks. Twenty-nine of Nestlé’s brands have annual sales of over CHF1 billion (about ), including Nespresso, Nescafé, Kit Kat, Smarties, Nesquik, Stouffer’s, Vittel, and Maggi. Nestlé has 447 factories, operates in 194 countries, and employs around 339,000 people. It is one of the main shareholders of L’Oreal, the world’s largest cosmetics company.

Nestlé was formed in 1905 by the merger of the Anglo-Swiss Milk Company, established in 1866 by brothers George Page and Charles Page, and Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé, founded in 1866 by Henri Nestlé (born Heinrich Nestle). The company grew significantly during the First World War and again following the Second World War, expanding its offerings beyond its early condensed milk and infant formula products. The company has made a number of corporate acquisitions, including Crosse & Blackwell in 1950, Findus in 1963, Libby's in 1971, Rowntree Mackintosh in 1988, and Gerber in 2007.

Nestlé has a primary listing on the SIX Swiss Exchange and is a constituent of the Swiss Market Index. It has a secondary listing on Euronext. In 2011, Nestlé was listed No.1 in the Fortune Global 500 as the world’s most profitable corporation. With a market capitalisation of , Nestlé ranked No.11 in the FT Global 500 2014.

Nestle (disambiguation)

Nestle is a Swiss company. It may also refer to:

Usage examples of "nestle".

Looking at it rising across the valley, the straight high walls and towers adazzle in the blinding light, it seemed less a city than an enormous jewel: a monstrous ornament carved of whitest ivory and nestled against the black surrounding mountains, or a colossal milk-coloured moonstone set upon the dusty green of the valley to shimmer gently in the heat haze of a blistering summer day.

Whereupon both the Amoretti nestled and clung round Iamblichus as if they had been his own children .

A chicken leg, a meat pasty, half of a baguette, a large chunk of ripe cheese, and a strawberry tart nestled in the checkered napkin beside a bottle of lemonade.

Scrambling into the back seat, she scooted over to the far side and helped Bender lay Jace inside, his head nestled in her lap.

It was nestled in the green foothills of the Carag Huim, the Mountains of the Moon, that bounded Elyria on the west.

Kinzer homestead, with its snug parlor and its cosey bits of rooms and chambers, seemed to nestle away, under the shadowy elms and sycamores, smaller and smaller with every year that came.

Drew took the locket and studied the yellowing daguerreotype nestled within.

Nestled in a nutlike shell no larger than a human fist, the organ was a tangle of axons and dendrons webbing together a gelatinous muddle of neuron clusters.

When at last the face was raised I recognized the dhobi of the village that nestled under the hill on which was perched the castle of the zemindar.

The soft swell of girlish breasts, between which nestled the exotic jade brooch, moved him so that he felt his groin swell and engorge pleasantly.

It stood some distance away from the larger estancia, nestled in a tiny clearing in the trees where one would not expect any house to be.

Deep within it, nestled in the folds of her spare skirts, was the little leather pouch and its contents that Silas Fennec had given her, along with the letter she was writing.

The wide folded kerchief that held back her long golden hair was brocaded red silk, and a thumb-thick circlet of gold and firedrops nestled over it.

Then he knocked on the partition again, and my frump was soon nestled back in its leather bed, safe and sound.

Like Gann, he struggled to fold his long limbs into a comfortable position, pressing one knee into the seat in front of him while angling his other leg toward Zarra, who appeared quite content, nestled between his two larger companions.