Nest Definition
nĕst
nested, nesting, nests
noun
nests
The structure made or the place chosen by birds for laying their eggs and sheltering their young.
Webster's New World
The place used by turtles, hornets, fish, etc. for spawning or breeding.
Webster's New World
A structure or shelter in which other animals, such as reptiles, fish, or insects, deposit their eggs or tend their young.
American Heritage Medicine
The structure made or the place chosen by any of certain wild animals as its home.
A squirrel's nest.
Webster's New World
A cozy or snug place in which to live or rest; retreat.
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verb
nested, nesting, nests
To make a nest for.
Webster's New World
To build or live in or as in a nest.
Webster's New World
To create and settle into a warm and secure refuge.
American Heritage
To fit one into another.
Webster's New World
To hunt for birds' nests.
Webster's New World
Origin of Nest
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From Old English nest, from Proto-Germanic *nestaz, from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (“nest"), a compound of *ni (“down") and the zero-grade of the root *sed- (“to sit") (whence also English sit).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English sed- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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