The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
adj. Snug, comfortable, and warm.
adj. Marked by friendly intimacy. See Synonyms at comfortable.
adj. Informal Marked by close association for devious purposes: a cozy agreement with the competition.
verb-intransitive. To make oneself snug and comfortable: cozy up with the Sunday paper.
verb-intransitive. Informal To try to get on friendly or intimate terms; ingratiate oneself: "out on the . . . hustings, cozying up to reactionaries and racists alikeā ( Chuck Stone).
n. A padded or knitted covering placed especially over a teapot to keep the tea hot.
n. A padded or knit covering to keep an item warm, especially a teapot or egg.
n. A padded or knit covering for any item (often an electronic device such as a laptop computer).
v. To become snug and comfortable.
v. To become friendly with.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Snug; comfortable; easy; contented.
adj. Chatty; talkative; sociable; familiar.
n. A wadded covering, often decorative, for a teakettle or other vessel to keep the contents hot. Also called tea cozy
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Snug; comfortable; warm; social.
n. A kind of padded covering or cap put over a teapot to keep in the heat after the tea has been infused.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
adj. suggesting connivance
n. a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm
adj. having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere
adj. enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space
Word Usage
"No, they said, a cozy is a mystery story in which there is little or no gore (Al, Vidal or otherwise), no one uses "bad language," (which apparently doesn't mean ending one's sentence with a preposition) and there isn't any sex."