Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Crowded or massed closely together: Describes a group of people, animals, or things gathered or pressed together in a tight, often disorganized, group for warmth, safety, or due to lack of space.
   • Curled or drawn together: Describes a posture where one's body is bent forward with the arms and legs held close, often due to cold, fear, or illness.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The refugees were huddled around the small fire for warmth.
  • The penguins stood huddled together against the Antarctic blizzard.
  • Feeling sick, she spent the day huddled under a blanket on the sofa.

Advanced Usage

• "huddled masses": A phrase often used to describe large groups of people, especially immigrants or the poor, crowded together in difficult conditions.
  • The Statue of Liberty is a symbol of hope for the world's huddled masses yearning to breathe free.

Variants and Related Words

• Huddle (verb): To crowd together; to curl one's body into a small space.

  • The football team huddled to discuss the next play.
  • The child huddled in the corner, frightened by the thunder.

• Huddle (noun): A closely packed group; a brief gathering of a team.

  • The players formed a huddle on the field.

Synonyms

• Clustered: Gathered in a small, close group.
• Crowded: Filled with many people or things, leaving little space.
• Cowered: Crouched down in fear (specifically for posture due to fear).

Related Phrases

• To be huddled up: To be curled or gathered tightly together.
  • The lost campers were huddled up in a cave, waiting for rescue.

Adjective

1. crowded or massed together
   • give me...your huddled masses
   • the huddled sheep turned their backs against the wind