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nested

/ˈnɛstɪd/

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verb

Nidifier

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

Examples :

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

L'oiseau mère a nidifié dans le chêne, arrangeant soigneusement les brindilles et les feuilles.

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verb

Nidifier

To settle into a home.

Examples :

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

Nous avons adoré la nouvelle maison et nous nous y sommes installés en deux jours !

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verb

emboîter, encastrer

To successively neatly fit inside another.

Examples :

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

J'ai acheté un ensemble de saladiers gigognes pour ma mère.

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verb

Nidifier

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

Examples :

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

Le chat a soigneusement nidifié ses chatons dans une couverture douce.

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verb

imbriquer, emboîter

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."

Il y aurait beaucoup plus de place dans le grenier si vous aviez emboîté toutes les boîtes vides.

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verb

Chercher des nids

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." "

Chaque printemps, les enfants aimaient chercher des nids dans les bois derrière leur maison, à la recherche de nids d'oiseaux abandonnés.

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adjective

Intégré, imbriqué

Examples :

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

L'ensemble des poupées russes contenait cinq figures imbriquées, chacune plus petite que la précédente.

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adjective

imbriqué, emboîté

Successively fitted one inside another.

Examples :

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

L'ensemble des poupées russes contenait cinq figures imbriquées, chacune plus petite que la précédente.

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adjective

Emboîté

(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. "

« Antonyme » est un terme emboîté sous l'entrée principale de « synonyme » dans le dictionnaire.

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