What does nest mean?
Definitions for nest
nɛstnest
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word nest.
Princeton's WordNet
nestnoun
a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
nestnoun
a kind of gun emplacement
"a machine-gun nest"; "a nest of snipers"
nestnoun
a cosy or secluded retreat
nestnoun
a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality
"a nest of thieves"
nestverb
furniture pieces made to fit close together
nestverb
inhabit a nest, usually after building
"birds are nesting outside my window every Spring"
nestverb
fit together or fit inside
"nested bowls"
cuddle, snuggle, nestle, nest, nuzzle, draw closeverb
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"
nestverb
gather nests
Wiktionary
nestnoun
A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
nestnoun
A place used by another mammal, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young.
nestnoun
A snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or job situation.
nestnoun
A retreat, or place of habitual resort.
nestnoun
A hideout for bad people to frequent or haunt; a den.
nestnoun
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.
nestnoun
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.
nestnoun
A fortified position for a weapon, e.g. a machine gun nest.
nestnoun
A structure consisting of nested structures, such as nested loops or nested subroutine calls.
nestverb
To build or settle into a nest.
nestverb
To settle into a home.
We loved the new house and were nesting there in 2 days!
nestverb
To successively neatly fit inside another.
I bought a set of nesting mixing bowls for mom.
nestverb
To place in, or as if in, a nest.
nestverb
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.
nestverb
To hunt for birds' nests or their contents (usually "go nesting").
nestnoun
Pasta formed into a round shape.
Etymology: From nest, from nestaz, from nisdós, a compound of ni and the zero-grade of the root sed- (whence also English sit).
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
NESTnoun
Etymology: nest , Saxon.
If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way, thou shalt not take the dam with the young. Deut. xxii. 6.
Redi found that all kinds of putrefaction did only afford a nest and aliment for the eggs and young of those insects he admitted. Richard Bentley.
Come from that nest
Of death, contagion, and unnatural sleep. William Shakespeare.Some of our ministers having livings offered unto them, will neither, for zeal of religion, nor winning souls to God, be drawn forth from their warm nests. Edmund Spenser.
To Nestverb
To build nests.
Etymology: from the noun.
The cedar stretched his branches as far as the mountains of the moon, and the king of birds nested within his leaves. James Howell, Vocal Forest.
Wikipedia
Nest
A nest is a structure built for certain animals to hold eggs or young. Although nests are most closely associated with birds, members of all classes of vertebrates and some invertebrates construct nests. They may be composed of organic material such as twigs, grass, and leaves, or may be a simple depression in the ground, or a hole in a rock, tree, or building. Human-made materials, such as string, plastic, cloth, or paper, may also be used. Nests can be found in all types of habitat. Nest building is driven by a biological urge known as the nesting instinct in birds and mammals. Generally each species has a distinctive style of nest. Nest complexity is roughly correlated with the level of parental care by adults. Nest building is considered a key adaptive advantage among birds, and they exhibit the most variation in their nests ranging from simple holes in the ground to elaborate communal nests hosting hundreds of individuals. Nests of prairie dogs and several social insects can host millions of individuals.
ChatGPT
nest
A nest is a structure or place made or chosen by animals, specifically birds, for laying eggs and sheltering their offspring. However, the term can also be extended to similar structures made by other animals such as insects, rodents or fish. Nests can be constructed from a variety of materials, including twigs, leaves, grass, mud, stones, or even manufactured materials like paper or plastic. The specific design and location of a nest can vary greatly depending on the species.
Webster Dictionary
Nestnoun
the bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young
Nestnoun
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
Nestnoun
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
Nestnoun
an aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock
Nestnoun
a collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger
Nestnoun
a compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively
Nestverb
to build and occupy a nest
Nestverb
to put into a nest; to form a nest for
Etymology: [AS. nest; akin to D. & G. nest, Sw. nste, L. nidus, for nisdus, Skr. na resting place, nest; cf. Lith. lizdas, Arm. neiz, Gael. & Ir. nead. Prob. from the particle ni down, Skr. ni + the root of E. sit, and thus orig., a place to sit down in. 264. See Nether, and Sit, and cf. Eyas, Nidification, Nye.]
Wikidata
Nest
A nest is a place of refuge to hold an animal's eggs or provide a place to live or raise offspring. They are usually made of some organic material such as twigs, grass, and leaves; or may simply be a depression in the ground, or a hole in a tree, rock or building. Human-made materials, such as string, plastic, cloth, hair or paper, may also be used. Generally each species has a distinctive style of nest. Nests can be found in many different habitats. They are built primarily by birds, but also by mammals, fish, insects and reptiles. The urge to prepare an area for the building of a nest is referred to as the nesting instinct and may occur in both mammals and birds.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Nest
nest, n. the bed formed by a bird for hatching her young: the place in which the eggs of any animal are laid and hatched: a comfortable residence: a number of persons haunting one place for a bad purpose: the place itself: a number of baskets or boxes each fitting inside the next larger.—v.t. to form a nest for.—v.i. to build and occupy a nest.—n. Nest′-egg, an egg left in the nest to keep the hen from forsaking it: something laid up as the beginning of an accumulation.—Feather one's nest, to provide for one's self, esp. from other people's property of which one has had charge. [A.S. nest; Ger. nest, L. nīdus.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
nest
See CROW'S NEST.
Editors Contribution
nest
A structure an animal or bird creates for their offspring.
The birds nest is so beautiful and to see the birds provide for their offspring is a gift of nature
Submitted by MaryC on March 24, 2020
Suggested Resources
NEST
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
NEST
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Nest is ranked #58042 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Nest surname appeared 350 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Nest.
79.1% or 277 total occurrences were White.
11.4% or 40 total occurrences were Black.
6.5% or 23 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.4% or 5 total occurrences were Asian.
British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'nest' in Nouns Frequency: #2010
Anagrams for nest »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of nest in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of nest in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of nest in a Sentence
We teach them what they need to know; where to find food, what they should eat, how they will make their nest in the winter, according to the season, we try to teach them what their mother would have taught them in nature.
We can conduct research and prove the benefit of consuming bird's nest scientifically.
She was sitting 10 feet off the bank when I showed up, that leads me to believe that she was a female and sitting on a nest somewhere close. So we'll attempt to rescue the babies if we can.
We don't want people to feel like they know what they're going to see. It challenges us not to take the safe route, no one ever thought they would see a dragon land in a bird's nest. No one expected a digital pop group dance on stage with an actual pop group.
The people of the 3rd Congressional District indeed did not vote me to go there and be part of this nest fight.
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- хтәалараAbkhaz
- nesAfrikaans
- منتجع, عش, أعشاش, معقل, مسكن, عششArabic
- yuvaAzerbaijani
- гняздо́Belarusian
- гнездо́Bulgarian
- niuCatalan, Valencian
- hnízdečko, hnízdo, útočiště, hnízditCzech
- гнѣздоOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- nythWelsh
- rede, fuglerede, bygge redeDanish
- Nest, Vogelnest, nistenGerman
- φωλιά, φωλιάζω, κουρνιάζωGreek
- nesto, nestigi, nestiEsperanto
- nido, cueva, anidarSpanish
- pesaEstonian
- لانه, آشیانهPersian
- pesä, pesäpaikka, kolo, pesäke, sisäkkäin, kotiutua, pesiä, käydä taloksi, pesiytyä, pesäänFinnish
- reiður, byggja, reiðrastFaroese
- repaire, chez-moi, nid, refuge, chez-soi, nidifier, s'emboîter, emboîter, emménager, nicherFrench
- nead, seadIrish
- neadScottish Gaelic
- niñoGalician
- מחבוא, קןHebrew
- घोंसलाHindi
- fészek, egymásba rak, fészket rak, fészkelHungarian
- բույնArmenian
- sarangIndonesian
- nesto, ucelonestoIdo
- hreiðurIcelandic
- nido, annidarsiItalian
- 巣, ネスト, 巣窟, 巣籠る, 籠るJapanese
- ბუდეGeorgian
- ұяKazakh
- ធ្វើសំបុកKhmer
- ಗೂಡುKannada
- 새집, 둥지Korean
- hêlînKurdish
- уяKyrgyz
- nīdus, posueris nidum tuumLatin
- NaschtLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ຮັງLao
- lizdasLithuanian
- lizda, ligzdaLatvian
- kōhanga, putaanga, kōpaeMāori
- гнездо, скривалиште, скрива́лиште, се гнезди, вгнездуваMacedonian
- കൂട്Malayalam
- үүрMongolian
- sarangMalay
- bejtaMaltese
- အသိုက်, မြုံ, သိုက်Burmese
- nest, in, passen, nesten, elkaar, nestelen, stapelen, innestenDutch
- fuglereirNorwegian Nynorsk
- fuglerede, fuglereirNorwegian
- atʼohNavajo, Navaho
- nisOccitan
- zasaanhOjibwe, Ojibwa
- gniazdko, gniazdo, kryjówka, zagnieździć, gnieździć, [[znaleźć]] [[schronienie]]Polish
- esconderijo, retiro, ninho, covil, encaixar, aninhar, mudar-sePortuguese
- gnieu, ignivRomansh
- cuibRomanian
- верте́п, приста́нище, гнездо́, гнёздышко, мали́на, прито́н, гнездова́ться, гнездоRussian
- nidu, niuSardinian
- gnijezdo, гнијездо, gnezdo, гнездоSerbo-Croatian
- කදලුවSinhala, Sinhalese
- hniezdoSlovak
- gnezdoSlovene
- foleAlbanian
- bo, tillhåll, näste, rede, stapla, bygga boSwedish
- kiotaSwahili
- கூடுTamil
- గూడుTelugu
- ошёна, лонаTajik
- รัง, รังนกThai
- höwürtgeTurkmen
- yuvaTurkish
- ояTatar
- гніздо́Ukrainian
- گھوںسلاUrdu
- in, uyaUzbek
- làm tổVietnamese
- smabed, näst, bödanäst, nästil, bödanästil, nästönVolapük
- 巢Chinese
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