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noun. A structure or shelter made or used by a bird to hold its eggs during incubation and to house its young until fledged.

noun. A structure or shelter in which other animals, such as reptiles, fish, or insects, deposit their eggs or tend their young.

noun. A structure or complex built by ants, termites, or other social animals to house a colony.

noun. A number of insects, birds, or other animals occupying a nest.

noun. A place affording snug refuge or lodging; a home.

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noun. A place or environment that fosters rapid growth or development, especially of something undesirable; a hotbed.

noun. Those who occupy or frequent such a place or environment.

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noun. A set of objects of graduated size that can be stacked together, each fitting within the one immediately larger.

noun. A cluster of similar things.

noun. A group of weapons in a prepared position.

intransitive verb. To build or occupy a nest.

intransitive verb. To create and settle into a warm and secure refuge.

intransitive verb. To hunt for birds' nests, especially in order to collect the eggs.

intransitive verb. To fit one inside another.

intransitive verb. To place in or as if in a nest.

intransitive verb. To put snugly together or inside one another.

A Middle English form of next.

To build or occupy a nest.

To relieve nature.

To search for nests: as, to go nesting or bird-nesting.

To lodge or house in or as in a nest; provide with a place of shelter or resort; build habitations for; house: often used reflexively.

To place (articles of graduated size belonging to a set) one within another. See nest, n., 6.

noun. A structure formed or used by a bird for incubation and the rearing of its young.

noun. A place where the eggs of insects, turtles, etc., are laid; a place in which the young of certain small animals are reared, or a number of such animals dwelling together: as, a nest of rabbits.

noun. A snug place of residence; habitation; abode.

noun. Any abode, especially of evil things: as, a nest of vice.

noun. A number of persons dwelling or consorting together or resorting to the same haunt, or the haunt itself: generally in a bad sense.

noun. A series or set, as of boxes, baskets, trays, bowls, etc., of diminishing sizes, each fitting within the next in order.

noun. A connected series of cog-wheels or pulleys.

noun. In geology, an aggregated mass of any ore or mineral in an isolated state, within a rock.

intransitive verb. To build and occupy a nest.

noun. The bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young.

noun. 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.

noun. 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

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

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

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

transitive verb. To put into a nest; to form a nest for.

noun. A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.

noun. A place used by another mammal, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young.

noun. A snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or job situation.

noun. A retreat, or place of habitual resort.

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

noun. 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.

noun. 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.

noun. A fortified position for a weapon, e.g. a machine gun nest.

noun. A structure consisting of nested structures, such as nested loops or nested subroutine calls.