Definition of "nest"
- 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; a den.
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.
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.
A fortified position for a weapon, e.g. a machine gun nest.
A structure consisting of nested structures, such as nested loops or nested subroutine calls.
Pasta formed into a round shape.
- verb
To build or settle into a nest.
To settle into a home.
To successively neatly fit inside another.
To place in, or as if in, a nest.
To place one thing neatly inside another, and both inside yet another (and so on).
To hunt for birds' nests or their contents (usually "go nesting").
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