snug
snug is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 6 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Close; concealed; not exposed to notice. Lie snug, and hear what critics say. Swift.
- 2.Compact, convenient, and comfortable; as, a snug farm, house, or property.
- 3.Same as Lug, n., 3.
- 4.To lie close; to snuggle; to snudge; -- often with up, or together; as, a child snugs up to its mother.
- 5.To place snugly. [R.] Goldsmith.
- 6.To rub, as twine or rope, so as to make it smooth and improve the finish.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- agreeable
- air
- alley
- and
- animal
- bar
- bask
- bed
- blind
- block
- blockade
- bodily
- bolt
- bonne
- bouche
- bung
- button
- caecal
- caecum
- choke
- clinch
- close
- closure
- clover
- comfort
- comfortable
- constipation
- contraction
- cork
- corner
- cosy
- cram
- creature
- cul-de-sac
- cup
- dainty
- dam
- dissipation
- door
- down
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is snug.
- What is close; concealed; not exposed to notice. Lie snug, and hear what critics say. Swift called?
- What is compact, convenient, and comfortable; as, a snug farm, house, or property called?
- What is to lie close; to snuggle; to snudge; -- often with up, or together; as, a child snugs up to its mother called?
- What is to rub, as twine or rope, so as to make it smooth and improve the finish called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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