NEST

nest

(noun) a kind of gun emplacement; “a machine-gun nest”; “a nest of snipers”

nest

(noun) furniture pieces made to fit close together

nest

(noun) a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality; “a nest of thieves”

nest

(noun) a cosy or secluded retreat

nest

(noun) a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young

nest

(verb) gather nests

cuddle, snuggle, nestle, nest, nuzzle, draw close

(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”

nest

(verb) fit together or fit inside; “nested bowls”

nest

(verb) inhabit a nest, usually after building; “birds are nesting outside my window every Spring”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

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 cosy residence or job situation.

A retreat, or place of habitual resort.

A hideout for bad people to frequent or haunt; a den.

A home that a child or young adult shares with a parent or guardian.

(cards) A fixed number of cards in some bidding games awarded to the highest bidder allowing him to exchange any or all with cards in his hand.

(military) A fortified position for a weapon.

(computing) A structure consisting of nested structures, such as nested loops or nested subroutine calls.

A circular bed of pasta, rice, etc. to be topped or filled with other foods.

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

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

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

Verb

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.

(intransitive) To successively neatly fit inside another.

(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).

(intransitive) To hunt for birds' nests or their contents (usually "go nesting").

Anagrams

• ENTs, Sten, TENS, ents, nets, sent, sent., snet, tens

Noun

NEST (plural NESTs)

(education) Initialism of native English-speaking teacher.

Anagrams

• ENTs, Sten, TENS, ents, nets, sent, sent., snet, tens

Source: Wiktionary

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Nest, n. Etym: [AS. nest; akin to D. & G. nest, Sw. näste, L. nidus, for nisdus, Skr. ni 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. sq. root 264. See Nether, and Sit, and cf. Eyas, Nidification, Nye.]

1. The bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young. The birds of the air have nests. Matt. viii. 20.

2. 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. Bentley.

3. 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. A little cottage, like some poor man's nest. Spenser.

4. (Geol.)

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

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

6. (Mech.)

Definition: A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively. Nest egg, an egg left in the nest to prevent the hen from forsaking it, and to induce her to lay more in the same place; hence, figuratively, something laid up as the beginning of a fund or collection. Hudibras.

Nest, v. i.

Definition: To build and occupy a nest. The king of birds nested within his leaves. Howell.

Nest, v. t.

Definition: To put into a nest; to form a nest for. From him who nested himself into the chief power. South.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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