[
UK
/nˈɛst/
]
[ US /ˈnɛst/ ]
[ US /ˈnɛst/ ]
NOUN
- a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
- furniture pieces made to fit close together
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a kind of gun emplacement
a machine-gun nest
a nest of snipers -
a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality
a nest of thieves - a cosy or secluded retreat
VERB
-
fit together or fit inside
nested bowls -
move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position
We cuddled against each other to keep warm
The children snuggled into their sleeping bags - gather nests
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inhabit a nest, usually after building
birds are nesting outside my window every Spring
How To Use nest In A Sentence
- Which of them will prefer football and which the ant nest, we'll have to wait and see.
- I again affirm that I need make no apology for attaching my name to that of one so worthy the esteem of his co-dogs, ay, and co-cats too; for in spite of the differences which have so often raised up a barrier between the members of his race and ours, not even the noblest among us could be degraded by raising a "mew" to the honour of such a thoroughly honest dog. The Adventures of a Dog, and a Good Dog Too
- The panel with the all the Novas in battle is a little bit Sinestro Wars-esque. Nova #7 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News
- This relationship is also honest, but you keep it a bit more circumspect because you know this person is going to follow in your footsteps. Christianity Today
- We may earnestly believe that they're wrong - whether they're non-Christians, heretics, apostates, agnostics, atheists, or what have you.
- He's not tried to be dishonest, he has just forgotten to mention one thing.
- Companies must earn a reputation for honesty.
- He chased the unmigratory tropi-ducks from their shrewd-hidden nests, walked circumspectly among the crocodiles hauled out of water for slumber, and crept under the jungle-roof and spied upon the snow-white saucy cockatoos, the fierce ospreys, the heavy-flighted buzzards, the lories and kingfishers, and the absurdly garrulous little pygmy parrots. CHAPTER XV
- The typical Ruby-crowned Kinglet nest is deep and is suspended from two hanging twigs.
- Try poppies, cornflowers, stocks, love-in-a-mist, cosmos, mignonette, larkspur, honesty, ox-eye daisies, marigolds, phlox, sunflowers, zinnias - whatever takes your fancy.