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nest enst nset snet esnt sent nets ents ntes tnes etns tens nste snte ntse tnse stne tsne estn setn etsn tesn sten tsen

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Definitions and meaning of nest

nest

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛst/
• Rhymes: -ɛst

Etymology 1

From Middle English nest, nist, nyst, from Old English nest, from Proto-West Germanic *nest, from Proto-Germanic *nestą, from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (“nest”), literally "where [the bird] sits down", a compound of *ni (“down”) (whence also English nether) + the zero-grade of the root *sed- (“to sit”) (whence also English sit).

Noun

nest (plural nests)

1. A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
2. A place used by another mammal, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young.
3. A snug, comfortable, or cosy residence or job situation.
4. A retreat, or place of habitual resort.
5. A hideout for bad people to frequent or haunt; a den.
6. A home that a child or young adult shares with a parent or guardian.

7. (card games) A fixed number of cards in some bidding games awarded to the highest bidder allowing him to exchange any or all with cards in his hand.

8. (military) A fortified position for a weapon.

9. (computing) A structure consisting of nested structures, such as nested loops or nested subroutine calls.
   • 1993 August, Bwolen Yang et al., "Do&Merge: Integrating Parallel Loops and Reductions", in Languages and Compilers for Parallel Computing (workshop proceedings), Springer (1994), →ISBN, page 178:

     Our analysis to this point has assumed that in a loop nest, we are only parallelizing a single loop.

10. A circular bed of pasta, rice, etc. to be topped or filled with other foods.
11. (geology) An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.
12. A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.
13. A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively.
14. (vulgar, slang, now US) The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself.

    Synonyms: beav, beaver

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:nest.

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Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English nesten, nisten, from Old English nistan, nistian, from Proto-West Germanic *nistijan (“to nest, build a nest”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian näästje (“to nest”), Dutch nesten (“to nest”), German Low German nüsten (“to nest”), German nisten (“to nest”).

Verb

nest (third-person singular simple present nests, present participle nesting, simple past and past participle nested)

1. (intransitive, of animals) To build or settle into a nest.
2. (intransitive) To settle into a home.

   We loved the new house and were nesting there in two days!

3. (intransitive) To successively neatly fit inside another.

   I bought a set of nesting mixing bowls for my mother.

4. (transitive) To place in, or as if in, a nest.
5. (transitive) To place one thing neatly inside another, and both inside yet another (and so on).

   There would be much more room in the attic if you had nested all the empty boxes.

6. (intransitive) To hunt for birds' nests or their contents (usually "go nesting").

Translations

See also

• nest on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Nest in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• ENTs, Sten, TENS, ents, nets, sent, sent., snet, tens

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch nest, from Old Dutch nest, from Proto-West Germanic *nest, from Proto-Germanic *nestą. Cognate with English, German Nest etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛst/
• Hyphenation: nest
• Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun

nest n (plural nesten, diminutive nestje n)

1. A nest (place to hatch young, especially bird structure)

   Het vogeltje bouwt zijn nest in het riet. ― The little bird builds its nest among the reeds.

2. (colloquial) A nest (residence; retreat; hideout; home)

   Hij groeide op in een rood nest. ― He grew up in a left-wing household.

3. (colloquial) One's bed

   Kom uit je nest, ’t is hoogste tijd! ― Get out of bed, it’s high time!

4. (derogatory) A nasty, ill-behaving or pretentious child; a brat.

   Wat een verwend nest! ― What a spoiled, pretentious brat!

5. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) A piece of junk; rubbish.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: nes
• Negerhollands: nest, nes
• → Papiamentu: nèshi, nèishi, nesji

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse næstr, cognate with Swedish näst, English next.

Preposition

nest

1. by, near

Latgalian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *neśtei. Cognates include Latvian nest and Lithuanian nešti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnʲæsʲtʲ]
• Hyphenation: nest

Verb

nest (reflexive nestīs)

1. (transitive) to carry

Conjugation

References

• M. Bukšs, J. Placinskis (1973) Latgaļu volūdas gramatika un pareizraksteibas vōrdneica, Latgaļu izdevnīceiba, page 167
• Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 44

Latvian

Etymology

Cognate with Lithuanian nèšti (“to carry, bring”), see there for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nest/

Verb

nest (transitive, 1st conjugation, present nesu, nes, nes, past nesu)

1. (transitive) to carry
2. (transitive) to bring

Conjugation

Derived terms

Middle English

Alternative forms

• neste, nist, nyst, neest

Etymology

From Old English nest, from Proto-West Germanic *nest, from Proto-Germanic *nestą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛst/

Noun

nest (plural nestes)

1. nest

Descendants

• English: nest
• Scots: nest
• Yola: naesth

References

• “nest, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• neste, nist, niste

Etymology

From Old High German nest, from Proto-Germanic *nistą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛs̠t/

Noun

nest n (genitive singular nestes, plural nest or nester)

1. nest

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Adverbial form of neste

Adverb

nest

1. next, second

   nest største - second largest

Derived terms

• nestleder

References

• “nest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Adverbial form of neste

Adverb

nest

1. next, second

   nest eldst - second oldest

References

• “nest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *nest, from Proto-Germanic *nestą. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic гнѣздо (gnězdo, “nest”), Old Irish net (“nest”), Latin nīdus (“nest”), Sanskrit नीड (nīḍa, “nest”), Albanian neth (“sprout, bud”), Old Armenian նիստ (nist, “sitting; seat; property”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nest/

Noun

nest n

1. nest

Declension

Related terms

• nestlian
• nistan

Descendants

• Middle English: nest, neste, nist, nyst, neest
  • English: nest
  • Scots: nest
  • Yola: naesth

Welsh

Alternative forms

• gnest
• gwnest

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /nɛsd/, [nɛst]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /neːsd/, [neːst], /nɛsd/, [nɛst]
• Rhymes: -ɛsd

Verb

nest (not mutable)

1. second-person singular preterite colloquial of gwneud

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