What (who) is nest - definition

PLACE OF REFUGE FOR ANIMALS

Nests; Nidus (nest); Nest-building; Nest-building in mammals; 🪹; 🪺; Rat's nest

NEST

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nest

¦ noun

1. a structure or place made or chosen by a bird for laying eggs and sheltering its young.

a place where an animal or insect breeds or shelters.

a snug or secluded retreat.

a bowl-shaped object.

2. a place filled with undesirable people or things: a nest of spies.

3. a set of similar objects of graduated sizes, fitting together for storage.

¦ verb

1. use or build a nest.

2. fit (an object or objects) inside a larger one.

3. (especially in computing and linguistics) place in a lower position in a hierarchy.

Derivatives

nester noun

nestful noun (plural nestfuls).

Origin

OE nest, of Gmc origin.

Nest

·vi To build and occupy a nest.

II. Nest ·vt To put into a nest; to form a nest for.

III. Nest ·noun An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.

IV. Nest ·noun A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, ·etc., working together or collectively.

V. Nest ·noun A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.

VI. Nest ·noun The bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young.

VII. Nest ·noun Hence: the place in which the eggs of other animals, as insects, turtles, ·etc., are laid and hatched; a snug place in which young animals are reared.

VIII. Nest ·noun A snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or situation; a retreat, or place of habitual resort; hence, those who occupy a nest, frequent a haunt, or are associated in the same pursuit; as, a nest of traitors; a nest of bugs.

Wikipedia

Nest

A nest is a structure built for certain animals to hold eggs or young. Although nests are most closely associated with birds, members of all classes of vertebrates and some invertebrates construct nests. They may be composed of organic material such as twigs, grass, and leaves, or may be a simple depression in the ground, or a hole in a rock, tree, or building. Human-made materials, such as string, plastic, cloth, or paper, may also be used. Nests can be found in all types of habitat.

Nest building is driven by a biological urge known as the nesting instinct in birds and mammals. Generally each species has a distinctive style of nest. Nest complexity is roughly correlated with the level of parental care by adults. Nest building is considered a key adaptive advantage among birds, and they exhibit the most variation in their nests ranging from simple holes in the ground to elaborate communal nests hosting hundreds of individuals. Nests of prairie dogs and several social insects can host millions of individuals.

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Pronunciation examples for nest

1. Wasp nest?

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2. And the nest maintenance workers do that inside the nest,

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3. Then the nest maintenance workers work inside the nest,

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4. like the Nest thermostat.

Enchanted Objects _ David Rose _ Talks at Google

5. Over the Cuckoo's Nest."

Surviving What Happens _ Mary Cregan _ Talks at Google

Examples of use of nest

1. "Henry, on seeing the two eggs in the nest–cup, deftly kicked one right out of the nest to smash below the nest and the other was kicked too, lodging precariously on the rim of the nest.

2. "We walked into a wasp‘s nest and we knew it would be a wasp‘s nest," said Maj.

3. Seven chicks hatched in the 12th–floor nest between 2002 and 2004, when residents of the East 74th Street building had the nest removed.

4. Kerala’s NEST group promoted by the US–based NRI Dr.

5. Iran will not be the only diplomatic hornets‘ nest.