huddle together

  • 1huddle together — verb crowd or draw together (Freq. 3) let s huddle together it s cold! • Syn: ↑huddle • Derivationally related forms: ↑huddle (for: ↑huddle), ↑huddler …

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  • 2huddle together — crowd near one another, gather together …

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  • 3Huddle — Hud dle, v. t. 1. To crowd (things) together to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system. [1913 Webster] Our adversary, huddling several suppositions together, . . . makes a medley and confusion. Locke. [1913 Webster] 2. To do, make …

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  • 4huddle — I UK [ˈhʌd(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms huddle : present tense I/you/we/they huddle he/she/it huddles present participle huddling past tense huddled past participle huddled 1) a) huddle or huddle together or huddle up to move close… …

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  • 5huddle — hud|dle1 [ hʌdl ] verb intransitive or transitive huddle or huddle together or huddle up to move close together in order to stay warm, feel safe, or talk: huddle around: We huddled around the fire for warmth. huddle with: Several aides huddled… …

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  • 6huddle — hud|dle1 [ˈhʌdl] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from Low German hudeln to crowd together ] 1.) [I and T] also huddle together/up if a group of people huddle together, they stay very close to each other, especially because they are cold or… …

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  • 7huddle — [[t]hʌ̱d(ə)l[/t]] huddles, huddling, huddled 1) VERB If you huddle somewhere, you sit, stand, or lie there holding your arms and legs close to your body, usually because you are cold or frightened. [V prep/adv] She huddled inside the porch as she …

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  • 8huddle — 1 verb huddled, huddling 1 (I, T) also huddle together/up if a group of people huddle together, they gather closely together in a group, especially because they are cold or frightened: A few diehard football fans huddled together in the rain… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 9huddle — [c]/ˈhʌdl / (say hudl) verb (huddled, huddling) –verb (t) 1. to heap or crowd together confusedly. 2. to move (along, away, out, etc.) hastily in a group: to huddle the children out of the room. –verb (i) 3. Also, huddle together. to gather or… …

  • 10huddle — I n. 1) to go into a huddle 2) in a huddle II v. (usu. P; intr.) to huddle around a fire; to huddle together * * * [hʌdl] to huddle together (usu. P; intr.) to huddle around a fire in a huddle to go into a huddle …

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