Nest (IPA: /ˈnɛst/)
| Nest (n.) |
The bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young. |
| Nest (n.) |
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. |
| Nest (n.) |
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. |
| Nest (n.) |
An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock. |
| Nest (n.) |
A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger. |
| Nest (n.) |
A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively. |
| Nest (v. i.) |
To build and occupy a nest. |
| Nest (v. t.) |
To put into a nest; to form a nest for. |
| Nest |
Place of refuge for animals |
| Nest |
1995 album by Nits |
| Nest |
Finnish neofolk/ambient band |
| Nest |
Protein structural motif |
| Nest |
Interior design magazine |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " 225. What I hold fast to is not one proposition but a nest of propositions." - Ludwig Wittgenstein |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "A bird is safe in its nest - but that is not what its wings are made for." - Amit Ray |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Build your nest upon no tree here, for ye see that God hath sold the forest to death." - Samuel Rutherford |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Fang: Well, Gran Pulse is just as twisted. 'Cocoon's a nest of vipers, ready to strike,' or so I thought." - Final Fantasy XIII |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Our nest is yours." - Stranger in a Strange Land |
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