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close together

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Adj.1.close togetherclose together - located close together; "with heads close together"; "approximate leaves grow together but are not united"
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close - at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other; "close to noon"; "how close are we to town?"; "a close formation of ships"


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Yes, we became very wakeful; so much so that our recumbent position began to grow wearisome, and by little and little we found ourselves sitting up; the clothes well tucked around us, leaning against the head-board with our four knees drawn up close together, and our two noses bending over them, as if our knee-pans were warming-pans.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
They watched silently a little longer, their three faces still close together as before, and the triple hues of their hair mingling.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
But several seedling missletoes, growing close together on the same branch, may more truly be said to struggle with each other.
The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context
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