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Meaning
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.
●
In Animal dwellings:
A
snug
,
comfortable
, or
cosy
residence
or job situation.
●
In Animal dwellings:
A
retreat
, or place of
habitual
resort.
●
In Animal dwellings:
A
hideout
for
bad
people to
frequent
or
haunt
; a den.
●
A home that a
child
or
young adult
shares
with a
parent
or guardian.
●
In Card games:
A
fixed
number of
cards
in some
bidding
games
awarded
to the
highest
bidder
allowing
him to
exchange
any or all with
cards
in his hand.
●
In Military:
A
fortified
position
for a weapon.
●
In Computing & Animal dwellings:
A structure
consisting of
nested
structures
, such as
nested
loops
or
nested
subroutine
calls.
●
A
circular
bed
of
pasta
,
rice
, etc. to be
topped
or
filled
with other foods.
●
In Geology:
An
aggregated
mass
of any
ore
or
mineral
, in an
isolated
state, within a rock.
●
A
collection
of
boxes
,
cases
, or the like, of
graduated
size
, each
put
within
the one
next larger.
●
A
compact
group of
pulleys
,
gears
,
springs
, etc; working together or collectively.
⚠️
In American English:
The
pubic hair
near
a
vulva
or a
vulva
itself.
●
In Education:
Initialism of
native
English-speaking teacher.
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").
Name
●
A surname.
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Wiktionary
Origin
nest
English
nest
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
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