meaning of nest
1. The bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young.
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.
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.
4. 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. A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc. , working together or collectively.
7. To build and occupy a nest.
8. To put into a nest; to form a nest for.
9. a kind of gun emplacement; "a machine-gun nest"; "a nest of
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Related Words
nest | nest egg | nester | nestful | nestfuls | nesting place | nestle | nestled | nestling | nestor | nestor notabilis | nestor paz zamora commission | nestorian | nestorian church | nestorianism | nestorius |
