Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to nestle
Participle: nestled
Gerund: nestling
Indicative
Present
| I | nestle |
| you | nestle |
| he;she;it | nestles |
| we | nestle |
| you | nestle |
| they | nestle |
Perfect
| I | have nestled |
| you | have nestled |
| he;she;it | has nestled |
| we | have nestled |
| you | have nestled |
| they | have nestled |
Past
| I | nestled |
| you | nestled |
| he;she;it | nestled |
| we | nestled |
| you | nestled |
| they | nestled |
Pluperfect
| I | had nestled |
| you | had nestled |
| he;she;it | had nestled |
| we | had nestled |
| you | had nestled |
| they | had nestled |
Future
| I | will nestle |
| you | will nestle |
| he;she;it | will nestle |
| we | will nestle |
| you | will nestle |
| they | will nestle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have nestled |
| you | will have nestled |
| he;she;it | will have nestled |
| we | will have nestled |
| you | will have nestled |
| they | will have nestled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | nestle |
| you | nestle |
| he;she;it | nestle |
| we | nestle |
| you | nestle |
| they | nestle |
Perfect
| I | have nestled |
| you | have nestled |
| he;she;it | have nestled |
| we | have nestled |
| you | have nestled |
| they | have nestled |
Imperfect
| I | nestled |
| you | nestled |
| he;she;it | nestled |
| we | nestled |
| you | nestled |
| they | nestled |
Pluperfect
| I | had nestled |
| you | had nestled |
| he;she;it | had nestled |
| we | had nestled |
| you | had nestled |
| they | had nestled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would nestle |
| you | would nestle |
| he;she;it | would nestle |
| we | would nestle |
| you | would nestle |
| they | would nestle |
Perfect
| I | would have nestled |
| you | would have nestled |
| he;she;it | would have nestled |
| we | would have nestled |
| you | would have nestled |
| they | would have nestled |
Imperative
| you | nestle |
| we | Let's nestle |
| you | nestle |
Verbs conjugated like 'nestle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'nestle'
nettle,
nustle,
pestle,
beetle,
bustle,
castle,
ettle,
fettle,
gentle,
geste,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English nestelen, nestlen, from Old English nistlan, nestlian, nistlian (“to make or build a nest”), from Proto-West Germanic *nistilōn (“to build or occupy a nest; nestle”), equivalent to nest + -le. Cognate with Middle Low German nëstelen (“to build a nest”), Dutch nestelen (“to nest, nestle”). See: Dutch '
nestelen'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] close to her side, and kissed her fondly, when at once the truth flashed upon the child, and all mistrust and anxiety disappeared from her face, as with an expression of exceeding joy she eagerly nestled to the bosom of her parent, and yielded herself to her fond embraces.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] about them but the blue jay, whose colour is so bright, and yet so delicate, that it looks like a flying flower. At lengthened intervals a log cabin, with its little space of cleared land about it, nestles under a rising ground, and sends its thread of blue smoke curling up into the sky. It stands in the corner of the poor field of wheat, which is full of great unsightly stumps, like earthy [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] turban, made of a gay red Madras handkerchief, of the first quality, her dress is neatly fitted, and of good material, showing that she has been provided for with a careful hand. By her side, and nestling closely to her, is a young girl of fifteen,—her daughter. She is a quadroon, as may be seen from her fairer complexion, though her likeness to her mother is quite discernible. She has the same soft, [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)