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huddled
hud·dle H0312900 (hŭd′l)n.1. A densely packed group or crowd, as of people or animals.2. Football A brief gathering of a team's players behind the line of scrimmage to receive instructions for the next play.3. A small private conference or meeting.v. hud·dled, hud·dling, hud·dles v.intr.1. To crowd together, as from cold or fear.2. To draw or curl one's limbs close to one's body: huddled under the blanket while watching television.3. Football To gather in a huddle.4. Informal To gather together for conference or consultation: During the crisis, the president's national security advisers huddled.v.tr.1. To cause to crowd together.2. To draw (oneself) together in a crouch.3. Chiefly British To arrange, do, or make hastily or carelessly.
[From huddle, to crowd together, possibly from Low German hudeln; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots.]
hud′dler n.huddled (ˈhʌdld) adjcrowded or nestled closely together(of a person) having their arms and legs close to their bodyThesaurus| Adj. | 1. | huddled - crowded or massed together; "give me...your huddled masses"; "the huddled sheep turned their backs against the wind"crowded - overfilled or compacted or concentrated; "a crowded theater"; "a crowded program"; "crowded trains"; "a young mother's crowded days" |
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