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nuzzle up against
(redirected from nuzzle)

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nuzzle up against someone or something and nuzzle up (to someone or something)
[for an animal] to rub its nose against someone or something; to rub against someone or something, softly, in the manner of rubbing the nose against someone or something; to snuggle up to someone or something. (Nuzzle is related to nose.) The dog nuzzled up against my leg, wanting to be friends. The dog nuzzled up to me and licked my hand.
See also: against, up


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CAPTION(S): SO CLOSE: Katie and Alex nuzzle on a day out with the kids - and Junior, right, is inspired by the cagefighter's muscles
Farmer Keith Ridgeway and wife Elsie feared the worst when Ben the lamb was rejected by his mother but couldn't believe their eyes when an old cow came up to nuzzle the little lamb in the yard.
The sows are unable to turn around, nuzzle their newborns or do anything else that they would naturally do" Lynzi said: "By squeezing my pregnant body into this crate, I hope to help people envision how cruelly sows are treated on factory farms.
 
 
 
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