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Snug

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Comfortably sheltered; cozy.

adj. Small but well arranged: a snug apartment. See Synonyms at comfortable.

adj. Closely secured and well built; compact: a snug little sailboat.

adj. Close-fitting: a snug jacket.

adj. Nautical Seaworthy.

adj. Offering freedom from financial worry: a snug living.

adj. Safe; secure: a snug hideout.

v. To make snug or secure.

verb-intransitive. To nestle; snuggle.

phrasal-verb. snug down Nautical To prepare (a vessel) to weather a storm, as by taking in sail or securing movable gear.

n. Chiefly British A very small private room in a pub.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. small, comfortable back room in a pub

adj. comfortable; cosy (cozy); satisfactory

adj. close-fitting

v. To make secure or snug.

v. To snuggle or nestle.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Close and warm.

adj. Close; concealed; not exposed to notice.

adj. Compact, convenient, and comfortable.

n. Same as lug, n., 3.

verb-intransitive. To lie close; to snuggle; to snudge; -- often with up, or together.

v. To place snugly.

v. To rub, as twine or rope, so as to make it smooth and improve the finish.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Trim; compact; especially, protected from the weather; tight; comfortable.

Fitting close, but not too close; of just the size to accommodate the person or thing contained: as, a snug coat; a snug fit.

Lying close; closely, securely, and comfortably placed or circumstanced: as, the baby lay snug in its cradle.

Close-concealed; not exposed to notice.

Cozy; agreeable owing to exclusion of disagreeable circumstances and persons; also, loosely, agreeable in general.

n. In machinery, a projection or abutment which holds firmly or binds by a wedge-like action another piece in contact with it, or which limits the motion of a part in any direction.

n. In a steam-engine, one of the catches on the eccentric pulley and intermediate shaft, by means of which the motion of the shaft is transmitted through the eccentric to the slide-valves.

Snugly.

To move so as to lie close; snuggle: often with up and to: as, a child snugs (up) to its bedfellow; also, to move so as to be close.

To make smooth and compact; in rope-manuf., to finish (rope) by rubbing down the fuzzy projecting fibers. Also slick and finish.

To put in a snug position; place snugly; bring or move close; snuggle: often reflexive.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. offering safety; well protected or concealed

adj. enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space

adj. well and tightly constructed

n. a small secluded room

adj. fitting closely but comfortably

Word Usage

"He was fairly physical—what we call snug—but I loved the contact."

Equivalent

protected comfy comfortable tight

Verb Form

snugged snugging snugs

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

room

Cross Reference

as snug as a bug in a rug to snug up to snug down

Variant

snugging snuggest snugged snugger lug

Form

snugged snugging snugly snug as a bug in a rug

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

close concealed snuggle snudge comfortable compact hidden cozy cosy

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Bug Doug Lug Zug antidrug bug chug debug drug dug

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

cozy comfortable spacious tidy shabby luxurious convenient tight hospitable sunny