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nested

/ˈnɛstɪd/

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verb

(of animals) To build or settle into a nest.

Examples :

"The mother bird nested in the oak tree, carefully arranging twigs and leaves. "

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verb

To settle into a home.

Examples :

"We loved the new house and were nesting there in two days!"

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verb

To successively neatly fit inside another.

Examples :

"I bought a set of nesting mixing bowls for my mother."

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verb

To place in, or as if in, a nest.

Examples :

"The cat carefully nested her kittens in a soft blanket. "

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verb

To place one thing neatly inside another, and both inside yet another (and so on).

Examples :

"There would be much more room in the attic if you had nested all the empty boxes."

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verb

To hunt for birds' nests or their contents (usually "go nesting").

Examples :

""Every spring, the children enjoyed nesting in the woods behind their house, searching for abandoned birds' nests." "

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adjective

Examples :

"The set of Russian dolls contained five nested figures, each smaller than the last. "

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adjective

Successively fitted one inside another.

Examples :

"The set of Russian dolls contained five nested figures, each smaller than the last. "

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adjective

(Of a lexical item) contained within a dictionary entry as a subordinate term of the main headword.

Examples :

""Antonym" is a nested term under the main entry for "synonym" in the dictionary. "

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