we huddled together for warmth

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• warmth — noun 1 a fairly high temperature ADJECTIVE ▪ comfortable, comforting, delicious, enveloping, glowing, pleasant ▪ the comforting warmth of her bed ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• together — 1 adverb 1 MAKE ONE THING if you want to put two or more things together, you join them so that they form a single subject or group: Mix the butter and sugar together. | He added all the numbers together. | We stuck the pieces together again. |… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• together — to|geth|er1 W1S1 [təˈgeðə US ər] adv ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(with each other)¦ 2¦(make one thing)¦ 3¦(be a couple)¦ 4¦(in one place)¦ 5 close/packed/crowded etc together 6¦(against each other)¦ 7¦(in agreement)¦ 8¦(at the same time)¦ 9¦(combine amounts)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• warmth — [wo:mθ US wo:rmθ] n [U] [Date: 1100 1200; Origin: warm] 1.) the heat something produces, or when you feel warm warmth of ▪ the warmth of the summer sun for warmth ▪ The children huddled closely together for warmth. 2.) friendliness and happiness… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• huddle — hud|dle1 [ˈhʌdl] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from Low German hudeln to crowd together ] 1.) [I and T] also huddle together/up if a group of people huddle together, they stay very close to each other, especially because they are cold or… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• huddle — [[t]hʌ̱d(ə)l[/t]] huddles, huddling, huddled 1) VERB If you huddle somewhere, you sit, stand, or lie there holding your arms and legs close to your body, usually because you are cold or frightened. [V prep/adv] She huddled inside the porch as she …   English dictionary

• Gray Jay — Taxobox name = Gray Jay status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 status ref = IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=51124|title=Perisoreus canadensis|downloaded=12 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species… …   Wikipedia

• huddle — I UK [ˈhʌd(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms huddle : present tense I/you/we/they huddle he/she/it huddles present participle huddling past tense huddled past participle huddled 1) a) huddle or huddle together or huddle up to move close… …   English dictionary

• Aid to the Church in Need — ( Kirche in Not in German, Aiuto alla Chiesa che Soffre in Italian) describes itself as an international pastoral aid organization of the Catholic Church, which yearly offers financial support to more than 8,000 projects worldwide. We try to help …   Wikipedia

• huddle — hud|dle1 [ hʌdl ] verb intransitive or transitive huddle or huddle together or huddle up to move close together in order to stay warm, feel safe, or talk: huddle around: We huddled around the fire for warmth. huddle with: Several aides huddled… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• huddle — [c]/ˈhʌdl / (say hudl) verb (huddled, huddling) –verb (t) 1. to heap or crowd together confusedly. 2. to move (along, away, out, etc.) hastily in a group: to huddle the children out of the room. –verb (i) 3. Also, huddle together. to gather or… …