Dictionary Definition
nest
Noun
1 a structure in which animals lay eggs or give
birth to their young
2 a kind of gun emplacement; "a machine-gun
nest"; "a nest of snipers"
3 a cosy or secluded retreat
4 a gang of people (criminals or spies or
terrorists) assembled in one locality; "a nest of thieves"
5 furniture pieces made to fit close
together
Verb
1 inhabit a nest, usually after building; "birds
are nesting outside my window every Spring"
2 fit together or fit inside; "nested
bowls"
3 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" [syn: cuddle, snuggle, nestle, nuzzle, draw
close]
4 gather nests
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /nɛst/
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- Rhymes with: -ɛst
Noun
- 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.
- In the context of "cards": 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.
Translations
bird-built structure
- Albanian: fole f|p
- Arabic:
- trreq Armenian
- trreq Burmese
- Catalan: niu
- Chinese: 鸟巢 (niǎocháo), 巢 (cháo)
- Croatian: gnijezdo
- Danish: rede
- Dutch: nest
- Erzya: пизэ (pize)
- Esperanto: nesto
- trreq Estonian
- Finnish: pesä
- French: nid
- Georgian: ბუდე (bude)
- German: Nest
- Greek: φωλιά
- trreq Hebrew
- trreq Hindi
- Hungarian: fészek
- trreq Indonesian
- Italian: nido
- Japanese: 巣 (su)
- Khmer: (twersombuk)
- Korean: 둥지 (dungji), 새집 (saejip)
- Kurdish: ,
- trreq Latin
- trreq Latvian
- trreq Lithuanian
- Malayalam: കൂട് (kootu)
- trreq Maori
- Pitjantjatjara: mina
- Polish: gniazdo
- Portuguese: ninho
- trreq Romanian
- Russian: гнездо (gnezdó)
- Sardinian (Campidanese): niu
- Spanish: nido
- Swedish: rede , bo
- Telugu: గూడు (gooDu)
- Thai: (rang), (rang nók)
- trreq Turkish
- trreq Vietnamese
- Warlpiri: mina
- trreq Welsh
place for depositing eggs
snug residence
retreat
hideout
(computing) a structure in a programing code
- Arabic: (nist)
- Japanese: 入れ子 (ireko)
- ttbc CJKV Characters: 巢, 巣
- ttbc Chinese: 巢 (cháo)
- ttbc Estonian: pesa
- ttbc Latin: nidus
- ttbc Papiamentu: nèshi , neishi
- ttbc Persian:
- ttbc Scots: nead
- ttbc Spanish: jerarquía , nido
Verb
- Of animals: To build or settle into a nest.
- To settle into a
home.
- We loved the new house and were nesting there in 2 days!
- To successively
neatly fit inside another.
- I bought a set of nesting mixing bowls for mom.
- To place in, or as if in, a nest.
- 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
- Esperanto: nestiĝi
- Finnish: pesiytyä
- Japanese: 籠る (komoru)
- Polish: znaleźć szhronienie
successively neatly fit
to place in a nest
- Esperanto: nestigi
- Polish: zagnieździć
to succesively place inside another
- Polish: zagnieździć
- Swedish: stapla
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
Derived terms
Old English
Pronunciation
/nest/Noun
nestExtensive Definition
Bird's Nest
redirects here, for the Olympic Stadium see Beijing
National Stadium A nest is a place of refuge built to hold an
animal's eggs and/or
provide a place to raise their 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 be used.
Generally each species has a distinctive style of
nest. Nests can be found in many different habitats.
They may have some or all of the following zones:
attachment; outer decorative layer; structural layer; lining.
Some birds will build nests in trees, some (such
as vultures, eagles, and many seabirds like Kittiwakes) will
build them on rocky ledges, and others nest on the ground or in
burrows.
Bird nest
Most species of birds build some sort of nest, though some lay their eggs directly onto rock ledges or bare soil without first modifying the area. Nest types vary from the very simple scrape, which is merely a shallow depression in soil or vegetation, to the elaborately woven pendant or sphere; some bird species use cavities in trees or dig burrows into the ground.Names of nests
- A badger's nest is called a sett.
- An eagle's nest is called an eyrie.
- A squirrel's or ringtail possum's nest is called a drey.
- A hare's nest is called a form.
- A pheasant's nest is called a nide.
- A wasps' nest is called a vespiary.
Gallery
References
- Hansell, Bird nests and construction behaviour, CUP 2005, ISBN 0-521-01764-5
See also
- Birdnesting – the criminal activity of collecting nests and eggs
- Bird nest
- Bird's nest soup
- Crow's nest
- Nest box
External links
nest in Arabic: عش
nest in Aymara: Tapa
nest in Bosnian: Gnijezdo
nest in Catalan: Niu
nest in Czech: Hnízdo
nest in Danish: rede
nest in German: Nest
nest in Modern Greek (1453-): Φωλιά
nest in Spanish: Nido
nest in Esperanto: Nesto
nest in French: Nid
nest in Scottish Gaelic: Nead
nest in Korean: 둥지
nest in Croatian: Gnijezdo
nest in Indonesian: Sarang
nest in Icelandic: Hreiður
nest in Italian: Nido
nest in Hebrew: קן
nest in Georgian: ბუდე (ნაგებობა)
nest in Lithuanian: Lizdas
nest in Malayalam: കൂട്
nest in Dutch: Vogelnest
nest in Japanese: 巣
nest in Norwegian: Fuglerede
nest in Norwegian Nynorsk: Reir
nest in Polish: Gniazdo (etologia)
nest in Portuguese: Ninho
nest in Quechua: Q'isa
nest in Russian: Гнездо
nest in Sicilian: Nidu
nest in Simple English: Nest
nest in Slovenian: Gnezdo
nest in Serbian: Гнездо
nest in Finnish: Pesä
nest in Swedish: Rede
nest in Tajik: Лона
nest in Chinese: 巢
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
a mass of, a world of, abide, abiding place, abode, address, aerie, anchor, apiary, army, bee tree, beehive, berth, bevy, billet at, birthplace, bivouac, breeding place,
brood, brooder, bunch, bunk, burrow, camp, cantonment, cloud, clutch, clutter, cohabit, colonize, come to anchor,
covey, cradle, crash pad, crib, den, domesticate, domicile, domiciliate, domus, doss down, drop anchor,
dwell, dwelling, dwelling place,
ensconce, establish
residence, eyrie, farrow, flight, flock, flocks, forcing bed, fry, get, habitation, hail, hang out, hatch, hatchery, haunt, hideaway, hive, host, hotbed, incubator, inhabit, jam, keep house, lair, large amount, legion, litter, live, live at, locate, lodge, lodging, lodging place, lodgment, lots, many, masses of, mob, moor, move, muchness, multitude, nidus, numbers, nursery, occupy, pack, pad, park, people, perch, place, place to live, plurality, populate, quantities, quite a few,
refuge, relocate, remain, reside, residence, resort, retreat, roof, rookery, room, roost, rout, ruck, scores, seat, set up housekeeping, set up
shop, settle, settle
down, shoal, sit down,
snuggery, spat, spawn, squat, stand, stay, stay at, strike root,
swarm, take residence at,
take root, take up residence, tenant, throng, tidy sum, vespiary, worlds of, young