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nest

N0066600 (nĕst)n.1. a. A structure or shelter made or used by a bird to hold its eggs during incubation and to house its young until fledged.b. A structure or shelter in which other animals, such as reptiles, fish, or insects, deposit their eggs or tend their young.c. A structure or complex built by ants, termites, or other social animals to house a colony.d. A number of insects, birds, or other animals occupying a nest: attacked by a nest of hornets.2. A place affording snug refuge or lodging; a home.3. a. A place or environment that fosters rapid growth or development, especially of something undesirable; a hotbed: a nest of criminal activity.b. Those who occupy or frequent such a place or environment.4. a. A set of objects of graduated size that can be stacked together, each fitting within the one immediately larger: a nest of tables.b. A cluster of similar things.5. A group of weapons in a prepared position: a machine-gun nest.v. nest·ed, nest·ing, nests v.intr.1. To build or occupy a nest.2. To create and settle into a warm and secure refuge.3. To hunt for birds' nests, especially in order to collect the eggs.4. To fit one inside another.v.tr.1. To place in or as if in a nest.2. To put snugly together or inside one another: to nest boxes.

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[Middle English, from Old English; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]

nested

(ˈnɛstɪd) adj(of similar objects) placed one inside the other

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