## Meanings
1. To crowd closely together, often for warmth or safety.
2. To curl up tightly with your arms and legs drawn in.
3. To gather in a small group to talk something over privately.
4. A small group of people standing close together.

## Examples
- The children huddled together under one blanket.
- He huddled in the corner, shivering with cold.
- The managers huddled to decide their next move.
- A huddle of reporters waited outside the courtroom.

## Derived Forms
- huddlement
- huddler
- huddlesome
- huddlingly
- unhuddle

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *hudelen
- Root: huden

## Etymology
From Middle English *hudelen, alteration (due to hudels, hidels (“hiding place”), see hiddle) of *huderen, hoderen (“to cover; press together; huddle”), a frequentative form of Middle English huden, hiden (“to hide”), equivalent to hide + -le and/or hide + -er. Compare Low German huderken (“to brood; coddle; nurse; lull children to sleep”).

## AI Etymology
Huddle is from Middle English *hudelen, alteration (due to hudels, hidels (“hiding place”), see hiddle) of *huderen, hoderen (“to cover; press together; huddle”), a frequentative form of Middle English huden, hiden (“to hide”), equivalent to hide + -le and/or hide + -er. Compare Low German huderken (“to brood; coddle; nurse; lull children to sleep”). The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern form is built from the named base and affix. Important recorded forms include *hudelen (Middle English) and huden (Middle English). Current senses include to crowd closely together, often for warmth or safety and to curl up tightly with your arms and legs drawn in. The wider family includes derived forms such as huddlement, huddler, huddlesome, huddlingly, and unhuddle.

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