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SNUG
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Irregular inflected forms: snugged , snugger , snuggest , snugging
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small secluded room
Synonyms:
cubby; cubbyhole; snug; snuggery
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("snug" is a kind of...):
room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)
Derivation:
snug (well and tightly constructed)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space
Example:
a snug little apartment
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
comfortable; comfy (providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief ('comfy' is informal))
Derivation:
snugness (a state of warm snug comfort)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Well and tightly constructed
Example:
a snug little sailboat
Classified under:
Similar:
tight (of such close construction as to be impermeable)
Derivation:
snug (a small secluded room)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Fitting closely but comfortably
Example:
a close fit
Synonyms:
close; close-fitting; snug
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
tight (closely constrained or constricted or constricting)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Offering safety; well protected or concealed
Example:
a snug hideout
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
protected (kept safe or defended from danger or injury or loss)
Derivation:
snugness (a state of warm snug comfort)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb snug
Context examples:
He brought in our furs, and made a snug nest for me, and got out some provisions and forced them upon me.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Yes, yes we will have a snug walk together, and I have something to tell you as we go along.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
“I trust that I am not intruding. I fear that I have brought some traces of the storm and rain into your snug chamber.”
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Did not you ask it for anything?” said the wife, “we live very wretchedly here, in this nasty dirty pigsty; do go back and tell the fish we want a snug little cottage.”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
“Upon my word, it is really a pity that it should not take place directly, if we had but a proper licence, for here we are altogether, and nothing in the world could be more snug and pleasant.”
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
A snug small room; a round table by a cheerful fire; an arm-chair high- backed and old-fashioned, wherein sat the neatest imaginable little elderly lady, in widow's cap, black silk gown, and snowy muslin apron; exactly like what I had fancied Mrs. Fairfax, only less stately and milder looking.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Why, I was his wet-nurse. I put 'm to bed, snug every night. His mother died, and I brought 'm up on condensed milk at two dollars a can when I couldn't afford it in my own coffee. He never knew any mother but me.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
I found the fire burning clear enough in my room by this time, and the curtains drawn before the windows and round the bed, giving it a very snug appearance.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
We are not going to die. We shall land on that island, and we shall be snug and sheltered before the day is done.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
So snug and warm was it, that he was loath to leave it when François distributed the fish which he had first thawed over the fire.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
