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Meaning of nests
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 cosy residence or job situation.
- A retreat, or place of habitual resort.
- A hideout for bad people to frequent or haunt; a den. Example: That nightclub is a nest of strange people!
verb
- (of animals) To build or settle into a nest.
- To settle into a home. Example: We loved the new house and were nesting there in two days!
- To successively neatly fit inside another. Example: I bought a set of nesting mixing bowls for my mother.
- To place in, or as if in, a nest.
- To place one thing neatly inside another, and both inside yet another (and so on). Example: There would be much more room in the attic if you had nested all the empty boxes.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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