English dictionary: words starting with nest
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nounA structure or place made or chosen by a bird for laying eggs and sheltering its young.
Usage examples:
Two sparrows frantically building a nest
verb(of a bird or other animal) use or build a nest.
Usage examples:
The owls often nest in barns
nounA sum of money saved for the future.
Usage examples:
I worked hard to build up a nice little nest egg
adjectiveCapable of being nested or packed within one another; (computing, of subroutines, files, etc.) able to be embedded within similar objects to form a hierarchical structure.
Nested
nestadjective(of similar objects of graduated sizes) placed or stored one inside the other.
Usage examples:
A set of three nested tables
verb(of a bird or other animal) use or build a nest.
Usage examples:
The owls often nest in barns
nounA bird that nests in a specified manner or place.
Usage examples:
A scarce nester in britain
Nesters
ˈnestərnounA bird that nests in a specified manner or place.
Usage examples:
A scarce nester in britain
adjective(of a bird or other animal) building or occupying a nest.
Usage examples:
Do not disturb nesting birds
verb(of a bird or other animal) use or build a nest.
Usage examples:
The owls often nest in barns
nounA box for birds to nest in
verbSettle or lie comfortably within or against something.
Usage examples:
The baby nestled in her arms
verbSettle or lie comfortably within or against something.
Usage examples:
The baby nestled in her arms
nounOriginally: †a nesting bird, a nestling (obsolete). now only in extended use (rare): a little child.
nounOriginally: †a nesting bird, a nestling (obsolete). now only in extended use (rare): a little child.
verbSettle or lie comfortably within or against something.
Usage examples:
The baby nestled in her arms
nounA bird that is too young to leave its nest.
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Buntings, their throats bulging with food for hungry nestlings
verbSettle or lie comfortably within or against something.
Usage examples:
The baby nestled in her arms
nounA bird that is too young to leave its nest.
Usage examples:
Buntings, their throats bulging with food for hungry nestlings
proper nounA king of pylos in the peloponnese, who in old age led his subjects to the trojan war. his wisdom was proverbial.
nounThe christian doctrine that there were two separate persons, one human and one divine, in the incarnate christ. it is named after nestorius, patriarch of constantinople (428–31), and was maintained by some ancient churches of the middle east. a small nestorian church still exists in iraq.
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There is here neither monophysitism nor nestorianism, but an unconfused and undivided union of the …
nounA structure or place made or chosen by a bird for laying eggs and sheltering its young.
Usage examples:
Two sparrows frantically building a nest
verb(of a bird or other animal) use or build a nest.
Usage examples:
The owls often nest in barns
adjective(a) containing nests; resembling a nest. rare. (b) domestic, home-making, ‘broody’.
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