huddle
/ˈhʌdəl/ verb C2- To crowd together. · The sheep huddled together seeking warmth.
- To curl one's legs up to the chest and keep one's arms close to the torso; to crouch; to assume a position similar to that of an embryo in the womb.
- To get together and discuss a topic.
- To form a huddle.
- To crowd (things) together; to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system.
- To do, make, or put, in haste or roughly; hence, to do imperfectly; usually with a following preposition or adverb (huddle on, huddle up, huddle together).
- To hesitate during play while thinking about one's next move.
He/she/it huddles · Past huddled · Past participle huddled · -ing form huddling
Verb forms
- Base form
- huddle
- He/she/it
- huddles
- Past
- huddled
- Past participle
- huddled
- -ing form
- huddling
From the library
The white-faced servants were huddling together in the hall, with the frightened butler wringing his hands in the doorway.
The window of the room was open, and beside the window, all huddled up, lay the body of a man in his nightdress.
The moon was sinking behind the hills and the lines of trembling monkeys huddled together on the walls and battlements looked like ragged shaky fringes of things.
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