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Meaning nest meaning

What does nest mean?
Definitions in simple English

nest Noun

— The home a bird builds for itself. — The home or bedding of some other animals. The mother wolf built a nest in her den before she had her cubs.

nest Verb

— When an animal builds or stays in its nest, especially when taking care of its babies there. — If somethings is nested in something else, it is inside it. Usually, this is used for several things, with the second thing in the first thing, the third things in the second thing—for however many things are nested. This is often used in computer programming. The computer program had nested for loops, that looked like this:

nest

— noun a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young — verb inhabit a nest, usually after building birds are nesting outside my window every Spring — verb fit together or fit inside nested bowls — noun a kind of gun emplacement a machine-gun nest a nest of snipers — noun furniture pieces made to fit close together — noun a cosy or secluded retreat — noun a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality a nest of thieves — verb gather nests — verb (= cuddle, snuggle) move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position We cuddled against each other to keep warm The children snuggled into their sleeping bags

Synonyms nest synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as nest?

nest English » English

den lair hive home hole nidus snuggle roost nuzzle nestle haunt cage burrow brood box bird’s nest beehive bed womb width string strand set rookery raft page pack nesting place knot hotbed hiding place focal point dwelling draw close dent cuddle build a nest bird-nest battery wedge troop trip tribe train tittering tiding team swarm suite succession

Topics nest topics

What do people use nest to talk about?
Universe, creation Animal

Animal home
Universe, creation Animal Animal life cycle

Egg

  • Where do birds lay their eggs?
    nest
Daily life Adornment Care for hair

Comb hair
Work and occupation Hunt and fish

Hunting birds
Physical actions Move Travel Travel by water

Boat
Physical actions Arrange Tie

Tangle

Conjugation nest conjugation

How do you conjugate nest?

nest · verb

Examples nest examples

How do I use nest in a sentence?

Simple sentences

A couple of sparrows are building a nest on the balcony of my house.
He's feathering his own nest.
A sparrow built a nest on a tree.
Put it back in the nest.
The bird is in its nest.
Birds make a nest in the springtime to raise their babies in.
He is always busy feathering his own nest.
Some good-for-nothing at this gutter paper here, spread this mare's nest.
How could there be unbroken eggs under a toppled nest?
A pair of sparrows is building a nest on the terrace at my house.
Over there is a place where several colonies of birds nest.
Tom stepped on a hornet nest.
Be careful. You're going to stir up a hornet's nest.
Every bird likes its own nest.
The bird picked up the twig with its beak and flew to its nest.
The birds placed a nest on a branch.
Seagulls nest in colonies.
Can you see the nest in the tree?
You have just stepped on a hornet's nest.

Movie subtitles

Jerome found a bird's nest!
But if Jerome brings that nest to Cubs for our Treasures From Home session next week, he might earn some points for his Six.
I was calling on the young lady who occupies the little nest.
LAST NIGHT TWO SNIPERS CREPT INTO OUR MACHINE-GUN NEST AND LAID AN EGG.
THERE'S A MACHINE-GUN NEST NEAR HILL 28.
He's practically put his foot right into a hornet's nest.
My sister got into a hornets' nest and we rubbed her with butter, sir.
This lady has been putting me through a severe cross-examination. But the gist of it is that, away there in Basra. new aeroplanes are rising night and day, like hornets round a hornets' nest.
You need to leave the nest.
Accumulate a nest egg and so on.
And I'm sure no nest would possibly be big enough for me.
They'll think they've got into a blooming hornet's nest.
And about my being his soul mate and having a love nest with him.
Virginia City is a loyal Yankee nest.
Well, so this is the bandit nest, isn't it?
There's a nest near Hill 28. I want it cleaned out.
When an English lion creeps up on a nest of French foxes. he wears a bushy tail.
Ever chuck a stick into a hornets' nest?
Oh, this little bird's nest?
Accumulate a nest egg and so on. - Why?
What a nest for a honeymoon.
It would desolate us to have her leave the nest.
There's a whole nest of them here.
Nice, cozy little nest you have here, Miss Hammond.
A tidy little nest egg.
Looks like you've popped into a hornrt's nest.
Land of Goshen! Your hair looks like a hoorah's nest.
And about my having' a love nest with him. -You did, didn't you?
You know, I knew a case once where a female lovebird locked the male lovebird out of her nest, and he stood outside and he whistled and he whistled and he whistled, like this.
As we sipped swallow-nest broth, suddenly a big bird flew into the tent.
I have a little nest on the edge of a town called Bridgefield, a town that's full of millionaires.
In tracking down this Hamilton doll, I uncovered a nest of fifth columnists, fivers.

News and current affairs

The hens could never walk around freely, or lay eggs in a nest.
Hens can still be kept in cages, but they must have more space, and the cages must have nest boxes and a scratching post.
An opportunist uses the slack to feather his own nest rather than help the leader or the public.
This golden nest egg may have been part of the Kremlin's thinking about the station and its ownership all along.
Before they give birth, sows use straw or leaves and twigs to build a comfortable and safe nest in which to nurse their litter.
Managers of Government-controlled companies like Gazprom and UES live in a style befitting oligarchs, create nest eggs for themselves, and play around in politics.
Bolder pensioners, desperate to generate higher returns, may take undue risks - for example, investing in junk bonds - that could jeopardize their nest eggs.

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