snug

snug
    adj 1: offering safety; well protected or concealed; "a snug
           harbor"; "a snug hideout"
    2: fitting closely but comfortably; "a close fit" [syn: {close},
       {snug}, {close-fitting}]
    3: well and tightly constructed; "a snug house"; "a snug little
       sailboat"
    4: enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter
       especially in a small space; "a cozy nook near the fire";
       "snug in bed"; "a snug little apartment" [syn: {cozy},
       {cosy}, {snug}]
    n 1: a small secluded room [syn: {cubby}, {cubbyhole},
         {snuggery}, {snug}]
    

Snug \Snug\, a. [Compar. {Snugger}; superl. {Snuggest}.] [Prov.
   E. snug tight, handsome; cf. Icel. sn["o]ggr smooth, ODan.
   sn["o]g neat, Sw. snugg.]
   1. Close and warm; as, an infant lies snug.
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   2. Close; concealed; not exposed to notice.
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            Lie snug, and hear what critics say.  --Swift.
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   3. Compact, convenient, and comfortable; as, a snug farm,
      house, or property.
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Snug \Snug\, n. (Mach.)
   Same as {Lug}, n., 3.
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Snug \Snug\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Snugged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Snugging}.]
   To lie close; to snuggle; to snudge; -- often with up, or
   together; as, a child snugs up to its mother.
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Snug \Snug\, v. t.
   1. To place snugly. [R.] --Goldsmith.
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   2. To rub, as twine or rope, so as to make it smooth and
      improve the finish.
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143 Moby Thesaurus words for "snug":
      airtight, airworthy, anal, autistic, bashful, bold, brief, brusque,
      burrow, casual, cheerful, chipper, close, close-tongued,
      closemouthed, comfortable, comfy, commodious, compact, concise,
      contented, convenient, cosy, cozy, croodle, cuddle, curt,
      cushioned, cushiony, cushy, dinky, dissociable, dumb, dustproof,
      dusttight, easeful, easy, economical of words, fast, firm,
      fit for sea, friendly, gasproof, gastight, hermetic,
      hermetically sealed, homelike, homely, homey, homish, incompatible,
      indisposed to talk, insociable, intimate, laconic, lightproof,
      lighttight, lived-in, luxurious, mopey, mopish, morose, mum, mute,
      neat, nestle, nongregarious, nuzzle, oilproof, oiltight, orderly,
      peaceful, plain, quiet, rainproof, raintight, relaxing, reposeful,
      restful, roomy, sea-kindly, sealed, seaworthy, self-contained,
      self-sufficient, sheltered, shipshape, short, shut fast, silent,
      simple, sleek, slick, smart, smokeproof, smoketight, snug down,
      snug up, socially incompatible, soft, sparing of words, speechless,
      spick-and-span, spruce, staunch, stiff, stormproof, stormtight,
      sullen, taciturn, tender, terse, tidy, tight, tight-lipped,
      tongue-tied, trig, trim, tuck in, unclubbable, uncluttered,
      uncommunicative, uncompanionable, uncongenial, unfriendly,
      ungenial, unloquacious, unpretending, unsociable, unsocial,
      untalkative, warm, water-repellant, waterproof, watertight,
      weatherly, well-cared-for, well-groomed, well-to-do, windproof,
      windtight, word-bound, wordless