nest /nest/

1. A structure prepared by animals for egg-laying, brooding and nursing, or as a shelter
2. A place of retreat, resort, residence, or lodgement
3. A den
4. A comfortable residence
5. An edible receptacle in which food is served, such as a meringue nest
6. A group of machine-guns in a position fortified or screened by sandbags or anything similar
7. A place where anything (esp anything undesirable) teems, prevails or is fostered
8. The occupants of a nest, eg a brood, a swarm, a gang, etc
9. A set of things (eg boxes or tables) fitting one within another
10. A set of buildings, eg factories, divided into blocks and units
11. An accumulation
12. A tangled mass

1. To build or occupy a nest
2. To go bird-nesting

1. To lodge or settle
2. To fit or place together or within another

1. To group (words derived from the same root) together under one headword in a dictionary
2. To embed (a subroutine or block of data) within a larger one (computing)

nestˈer noun

1. Someone who builds a farm or homestead on land used for grazing cattle (US historical; derogatory)
2. A creature that builds a nest

nestˈful noun

nestˈing noun

nestˈlike adjective

nest box or nesting box noun

A box set up for birds to nest in

nest egg noun

1. An egg, real or sham, left or put in a nest to encourage laying
2. Something laid up as the beginning of an accumulation
3. Money saved

nestˈing-place noun

feather one's nest see under feather

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