nests

[Nest]

A nest is a shelter or other structure that an animal uses for laying eggs or giving birth. If a bird is collecting string and straw and twigs in your yard, she's probably building a nest in a nearby tree.

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To build and occupy a nest.

Noun
a kind of gun emplacement; "a machine-gun nest"; "a nest of snipers"

Noun
furniture pieces made to fit close together

Noun
a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality; "a nest of thieves"

Noun
a cosy or secluded retreat

Noun
a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young

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Verb
gather nests

Verb
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"

Verb
fit together or fit inside; "nested bowls"

Verb
inhabit a nest, usually after building; "birds are nesting outside my window every Spring"

n.
The bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young.

n.
Hence: the place in which the eggs of other animals, as insects, turtles, etc., are laid and hatched; a snug place in which young animals are reared.

n.
A snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or situation; a retreat, or place of habitual resort; hence, those who occupy a nest, frequent a haunt, or are associated in the same pursuit; as, a nest of traitors; a nest of bugs.

n.
An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.

n.
A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.

n.
A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively.

v. i.
To build and occupy a nest.

v. t.
To put into a nest; to form a nest for.

Nest

Nest , v. i. To build and occupy a nest.

The king of birds nested within his leaves.

Nest

Nest, v. t. To put into a nest; to form a nest for.

From him who nested himself into the chief power.

To build and occupy a nest.

To put into a nest; to form a nest for.

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Usage Examples

I'm very concerned for the future of the earth and its amazing creatures. We've got to be careful and make sure we don't foul our own nest.

Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest.

God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest.

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.

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Other Usage Examples

He that loves not his wife and children feeds a lioness at home, and broods a nest of sorrows.

Only very brave mouse makes nest in cat's ear.

Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown.

I'm such a girl for the living room. I really like to stay in my nest and not move. I travel in my mind, and that that's a rigorous state of journeying for me. My body isn't that interested in moving from place to place.