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Revision as of 09:23, 6 February 2007

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English

Pronunciation

Noun

nest (plural nests)

  1. A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young
  2. a place used by any animal or fish, or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young
  3. A snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or job situation
  4. a retreat, or place of habitual resort
  5. a hideout for bad people to frequent or haunt
    That nightclub is a nest of strange people!
  6. A home that a child or young adult shares with a parent, guardian, or a person acting in the capacity of a parent or guardian. A parental home.
    I am aspiring to leave the nest.
  7. Template:computing a structure in a programing code, like blocks, functions, subroutines, etc.
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Translations

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place for depositing eggs Lua error in Module:utilities/templates at line 19: Parameters "1" and "2" are required.

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snug residence Lua error in Module:utilities/templates at line 19: Parameters "1" and "2" are required.

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retreat Lua error in Module:utilities/templates at line 19: Parameters "1" and "2" are required.

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  • Italian: nido Lua error in Module:links/templates at line 56: Parameter 1 is required.

hideout Lua error in Module:utilities/templates at line 19: Parameters "1" and "2" are required.

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Verb

nest (third-person singular simple present nests, present participle nesting, simple past and past participle nested)

  1. Template:intransitive Of animals: To build or settle into a nest.
  2. Template:intransitive To settle into a home.
    We loved the new house and were nesting there in 2 days!
  3. Template:intransitive To successively neatly fit inside another.
    I bought a set of nesting mixing bowls for mom.
  4. Template:transitive To place in, or as if in, a nest.
  5. Template:transitive To place one thing neatly inside another, and both inside yet another (and so on).
    There would be much more room in the attic if you had nested all the empty boxes.

See also

Translations

build or settle into a nest

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settle into a home

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successively neatly fit

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to place in a nest

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to succesively place inside another

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Dutch

Noun

nest Template:n (Plural: nesten, diminutive: nestje)

  1. A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young
  2. (combined with verwend): a (spoiled) brat