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painautuminen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • nuzzle verb To push or thrust (the nose or snout, face or muzzle, or head, or an object) against or into something.

Senses

painautuminen is used for these senses in English:

  • nuzzle An act of nuzzling (all verb senses).

nuzzle — full definition

  1. verb To push or thrust (the nose or snout, face or muzzle, or head, or an object) against or into something.
  2. verb To rub or touch (someone or something) with the nose, face, etc., or an object.
  3. verb Chiefly of an animal: to dig (something, especially food) out of the ground using the nose or snout; to root.
  4. verb Often followed by in or into: to press or push the nose or snout, mouth, face, etc., against or into someone or something; to touch someone or something with the nose or snout, etc.

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