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nesting

/ˈnɛstɪŋ/

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verb

Nidifier

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

Examples :

"The mother bird is carefully nesting in the tree, building a safe home for her eggs. "

La mère oiseau est en train de nidifier soigneusement dans l'arbre, construisant un foyer sûr pour ses œufs.

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verb

S'installer dans un foyer

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

S'emboîter, s'imbriquer

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 mother bird is carefully nesting her eggs in the soft leaves. "

L'oiseau mère est en train de nidifier soigneusement ses œufs dans les feuilles douces.

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verb

Emboîter, encastrer

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 :

"During the summer, the children enjoyed nesting in the woods behind their house, hoping to find robin's eggs. "

Pendant l'été, les enfants aimaient chercher des nids dans les bois derrière leur maison, espérant trouver des œufs de rouge-gorge.

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noun

Nidification

The process by which a bird nests.

Examples :

"The bird's nesting took several days, as it carefully arranged twigs and leaves. "

La nidification de l'oiseau a pris plusieurs jours, car il a soigneusement arrangé des brindilles et des feuilles.

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noun

imbrication

The enclosure of one loop, block, etc. of code inside another.

Examples :

"The excessive nesting of `if` statements made the code very difficult to read and debug. "

L'imbrication excessive des instructions `if` rendait le code très difficile à lire et à déboguer.

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