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noun
- 1. a structure or place made or chosen by a bird for laying eggs and sheltering its young: "two sparrows frantically building a nest" Similar
- 2. a place filled with or frequented by undesirable people or things: "a nest of spies" Similar
verb
- 1. (of a bird or other animal) use or build a nest: "the owls often nest in barns"
- 2. fit (an object or objects) inside a larger one: "the town is nested inside a large crater on the flanks of a volcano"
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The meaning of NEST is a bed or receptacle prepared by an animal and especially a bird for its eggs and young. How to use nest in a sentence.
a structure built by birds or insects to leave their eggs in to develop, and by some other animals to give birth or live in: a bird's nest. a wasps '/ hornets ' nest. a rat's nest. Cuckoos are famous for laying their eggs in the nests of other birds. The alligators build their nests out of grass near the water's edge. malerapaso/E+/GettyImages.
4 days ago · Other forms: nests; nesting; nested. A nest is a shelter or other structure that an animal uses for laying eggs or giving birth. If a bird is collecting string and straw and twigs in your yard, she's probably building a nest in a nearby tree.
noun. a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
a structure built by birds or insects to leave their eggs in to develop, and by some other animals to give birth or live in: a bird's nest. a wasps '/ hornets ' nest. a rat's nest. Cuckoos are famous for laying their eggs in the nests of other birds. The alligators build their nests out of grass near the water's edge.
n. 1. a. A structure or shelter made or used by a bird to hold its eggs during incubation and to house its young until fledged. b. A structure or shelter in which other animals, such as reptiles, fish, or insects, deposit their eggs or tend their young. c. A structure or complex built by ants, termites, or other social animals to house a colony. d.
noun. 1. a place or structure in which birds, fishes, insects, reptiles, mice, etc, lay eggs or give birth to young. 2. a number of animals of the same species and their young occupying a common habitat. an ants' nest. 3. a place fostering something undesirable. a nest of thievery.
