"cuddle" meaning in English

See cuddle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: cuddle, cuddle [singular], cuddles [plural]
  1. η αγκαλιά
    Sense id: el-cuddle-en-noun-NEY4Wy-7

Verb

Forms: cuddle, cuddle [present], cuddles [third-person, singular, present], cuddled [aorist], cuddled [passive, participle], cuddling [active, participle]
  1. αγκαλιάζομαι στοργικά, σφίγγομαι Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: el-cuddle-en-verb-KqaOO~KH
  2. αγκαλιάζω, σφίγγω για άνεση και ζέστη Tags: transitive
    Sense id: el-cuddle-en-verb-QtQPDu5s
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: cuddle up
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    },
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        "inflection-template"
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    },
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "I like to hold my puppy in a cuddle.",
          "translation": "Μ' αρέσει να κρατάω το σκυλάκι μου αγκαλιά."
        }
      ],
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        "η αγκαλιά"
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "cuddle"
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      "source": "header"
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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        "ενεστώτας"
      ],
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        "present"
      ]
    },
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        "γ΄ ενικό ενεστώτα"
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
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        "αόριστος"
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cuddled",
      "raw_tags": [
        "παθητική μετοχή"
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cuddling",
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      ],
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        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "related": [
    {
      "word": "cuddle up"
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    {
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        "αγκαλιάζομαι στοργικά, σφίγγομαι"
      ],
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        "αμετάβατο"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She cuddled the child close to her.",
          "translation": "Έσφιξε το παιδί κοντά της."
        }
      ],
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        "αγκαλιάζω, σφίγγω για άνεση και ζέστη"
      ],
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        "μεταβατικό"
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "I like to hold my puppy in a cuddle.",
          "translation": "Μ' αρέσει να κρατάω το σκυλάκι μου αγκαλιά."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "η αγκαλιά"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cuddle"
}

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      "form": "cuddle",
      "source": "header"
    },
    {
      "form": "en-verb-'love'",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "raw_tags": [
        "ενεστώτας"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cuddles",
      "raw_tags": [
        "γ΄ ενικό ενεστώτα"
      ],
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        "third-person",
        "singular",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ],
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        "aorist"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "παθητική μετοχή"
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
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        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cuddling",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ενεργητική μετοχή"
      ],
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      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "αγκαλιάζομαι στοργικά, σφίγγομαι"
      ],
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        "αμετάβατο"
      ],
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        "intransitive"
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    },
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        {
          "text": "She cuddled the child close to her.",
          "translation": "Έσφιξε το παιδί κοντά της."
        }
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        "αγκαλιάζω, σφίγγω για άνεση και ζέστη"
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        "μεταβατικό"
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cuddle"
}

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