Definitions for nests

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nests nest

Spelling: [nest]

IPA: /nɛst/

Nests is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 39 anagrams from letters in nests (ensst).

Definitions for nests

noun

1. 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.
2. a place used by insects, fishes, turtles, rabbits, etc., for depositing their eggs or young.
3. a number of birds, insects, animals, etc., inhabiting one such place.
4. a snug retreat or refuge; resting place; home.
5. an assemblage of things lying or set close together, as a series of boxes or trays, that fit within each other:
6. a place where something bad is fostered or flourishes:
7. the occupants or frequenters of such a place.

verb (used with object)

1. to settle or place (something) in or as if in a nest:
2. to fit or place one within another:

verb (used without object)

1. to build or have a nest:
2. to settle in or as if in a nest.
3. to fit together or within another or one another:
4. to search for or collect nests:
5. Computers. to place a routine inside another routine that is at a higher hierarchical level.

Origin of nests

before 900; Middle English, Old English (cognate with Dutch, German nest; akin to Latin nīdus nest, Old Irish net, Welsh nyth, Sanskrit nīḍa lair) ≪ Indo-European *nizdo- bird's nest, equival

Examples for nests

Repose by small fatigue is earned, and Weariness can snore upon the flint, when nesty Sloth, finds a down pillow hard.

The genus "bodie" is divided into two species—the "harmless bodies" and the "nesty bodies."