noun Download 🔗Share A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young. Examples : "The birds built their nests high in the tree branches, preparing for their new babies. " animal bird nature environment biology structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A place used by another mammal, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young. Examples : "The birds built their nests high in the tree, safe from predators. " animal nature biology organism place environment bird insect Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A snug, comfortable, or cosy residence or job situation. Examples : ""After years of bouncing between jobs, Maria finally found two nests: a fulfilling career as a teacher and a cozy apartment near her family." " place job situation Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A retreat, or place of habitual resort. Examples : "After a long day at work, my favorite armchair in the living room becomes one of my favorite nests. " place building animal bird architecture environment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A hideout for bad people to frequent or haunt; a den. Examples : "That nightclub is a nest of strange people!" place group building area Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A home that a child or young adult shares with a parent or guardian. Examples : "I am aspiring to leave the nest." family Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "I was forced to change trumps when I found the ace, jack, and nine of diamonds in the nest." game Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A fortified position for a weapon. Examples : "The machine gun nests on the ridge controlled the valley below, preventing any enemy advance. " military weapon position Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A structure consisting of nested structures, such as nested loops or nested subroutine calls. Examples : "The computer program contained several nests of if-else statements, making it difficult to understand the logic. " computing structure technical technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A circular bed of pasta, rice, etc. to be topped or filled with other foods. Examples : "She arranged the spaghetti into neat nests on each plate before spooning the meat sauce on top. " food Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock. Examples : ""The geologist discovered small nests of gold within the quartz rock." " geology mineral Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger. Examples : "She bought a set of nests for her kitchen, so she could store different sizes of mixing bowls efficiently. " item structure thing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively. Examples : "The old clock's intricate workings relied on several nests of gears to accurately display the time. " machine part system technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (of animals) To build or settle into a nest. Examples : "The birds nest in the tall tree outside my window every spring. " animal bird nature biology environment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To settle into a home. Examples : "We loved the new house and were nesting there in two days!" animal nature environment biology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To successively neatly fit inside another. Examples : "I bought a set of nesting mixing bowls for my mother." structure item organization Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To place in, or as if in, a nest. Examples : "She gently nests the fragile eggs in the soft cotton before placing them in the incubator. " animal bird nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share 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." nature animal bird Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To hunt for birds' nests or their contents (usually "go nesting"). Examples : "Every spring, the children nest in the woods, hoping to find abandoned birds' eggs. " animal bird nature environment action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
