Hear it pronouncednest
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[ English
[ Pronunciation
- IPA: /nɛst/
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- Rhymes: -ɛst
[ Noun
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nest (plural nests)
- A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young
- a place used by another mammal, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young
- A snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or job situation
- a retreat, or place of habitual resort
- a hideout for bad people to frequent or haunt
- That nightclub is a nest of strange people!
- 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.
- (card games) A fixed amount of cards in some bidding games awarded to the highest bidder allowing him to exchange any or all with cards in his hand.
- I was forced to change trumps when I found the Ace, Jack, and nine of diamonds in the nest.
- (computing) a structure in a programming code, like blocks, functions, subroutines, etc.
[ Derived terms
[ Translations
bird-built structure
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place for depositing eggs
snug residence
retreat
hideout
(computing) a structure in a programing code
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[ Verb
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to nest (third-person singular simple present nests, present participle nesting, simple past and past participle nested)
- (intransitive) Of animals: To build or settle into a nest.
- (intransitive) To settle into a home.
- We loved the new house and were nesting there in 2 days!
- (intransitive) To successively neatly fit inside another.
- I bought a set of nesting mixing bowls for mom.
- (transitive) To place in, or as if in, a nest.
- (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
settle into a home
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successively neatly fit
to place in a nest
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to succesively place inside another
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[ Dutch
[ Pronunciation
[ Noun
nest (plural nesten, diminutive nestje) n.
- A structure built or used by a bird or other animal as a place to incubate eggs and/or rear thee hatched young, or as permanent dwelling
- A nasty girl
[ Derived terms
- nestblijver, nestzitter m.
- nestei n.
- nestelen
- nesteling m.
- nesterig
- nesterij
- nesthaar n.
- nesthokker, nestzitter m.
- nestig, nestigheid
- nestkastje
- nestkeus, nestkeuze
- nestkuiken
- nestveren
- nestzitter, nesthokker m.
[ Old English
[ Pronunciation
IPA: /nest/
[ Noun
nest n.
[ Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
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| nominative | nest | nest |
| accusative | nest | nest |
| genitive | nestes | nesta |
| dative | neste | nestum |
[ Descendants
- English: nest