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xsee|Nest|n'est|n�est
English

Pronunciation
IPA|/n�st/
audio|en-us-nest.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun
Image:Taveta Golden-weaver nest.JPG|thumb|Taveta Golden-weaver nest

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 cozy residence or job situation
4. a retreat, or place of habitual resort
5. a hideout for bad people to frequent or haunt

#: That nightclub is a nest of strange people!

1. A home that a child or young adult shares with a parent, guardian, or a person acting in the capacity of a parent or guardian. A parental home.

#: I am aspiring to leave the nest.

1. context|cards A fixed amount of cards in some bidding games awarded to the highest bidder allowing him to exchange any or all with cards in his hand.

#: I was forced to change trumps when I found the Ace, Jack, and nine of diamonds in the nest.

1. computing a structure in a programming code, like blocks, functions, subroutines, etc.

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Derived terms
nest egg

Translations
trans-top|bird-built structure
Arabic: Arab|عش IPAchar|(�ušš) m
Albanian: fole f|p
Catalan: niu m
Croatian: gnijezdo n
Danish: rede c
Dutch: nest n
Erzya: пиз� (pize)
Esperanto: nesto
Finnish: pesä
French: nid m
German: Nest n
Greek: ��λιά f
Hungarian: fészek
Italian: nido m
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Japanese: å·£ (su)
Korean: �� (dungji), �� (saejip)
Kurdish: KUchar|�ا���, KUchar|���ا���
Malayalam: ���� (kootu)
Pitjantjatjara: mina
Portuguese: ninho m
Polish: gniazdo n
Russian: гнездо (gnezdó) n
Sardinian (Campidanese): niu m
Spanish: nido m
Swedish: rede n, bo#Swedish|bo n
Telugu: ��డ� (gooDu)
Warlpiri: mina
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trans-top|place for depositing eggs
Arabic: Arab|عش IPAchar|(�ušš) m
Catalan: niu, m
Dutch: nest n
Erzya: пиз� (pize)
Esperanto: nesto
Finnish: pesä, kolo
French: nid m
German: Nest n
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Italian: nido m
Korean: �� (dungji)
Kurdish: KUchar|���ا���
Portuguese: ninho m
Polish: gniazdo n
Russian: гнездо (gnezdó) n
Spanish: nido m
Swedish: näste n, bo n
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trans-top|snug residence
Arabic: Arab|�س�� (máskan) m
Erzya: пиз� (pize)
Esperanto: nesto
Finnish: pesä
French: nid m
German: Nest n
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Italian: nido m
Japanese: å·£ (su)
Polish: gniazdko n
Russian: гн�зд��ко (gnjózdyško) n
Spanish: nido m
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trans-top|retreat
Arabic: Arab|��تجع IPAchar|(múntaja�) m
Dutch: nestje (diminutive of nest) n
Esperanto: nesto
German: Nest n
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Italian: nido m
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trans-top|hideout
Arabic: Arab|�ع�� IPAchar|(má�qal) m
Esperanto: nesto
Finnish: pesäke
German: Nest n
Italian: nido m
Japanese: 巣 (su), 巣� (s�kutsu)
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Portuguese: covil m
Polish: kryjówka f
Russian: п�и�он (pritón) m, ве��еп (vertép) m
Spanish: cueva f
Swedish: näste n; tillhåll n
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(computing) a structure in a programing code

Arabic: Arab|�ست (nist) m
Japanese: ��� (ireko)
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|CJKV Characters: å·¢, å·£
ttbc|Chinese: 巢 (cháo)
ttbc|Estonian: pesa
ttbc|Latin: nidus
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ttbc|Papiamentu: nèshi , neishi
ttbc|Persian: fa-Arab|�ا��
ttbc|Scots: nead
ttbc|Spanish: jerarquía f, nido m

Verb
en-verb

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 2 days!

1. intransitive To successively neatly fit inside another.

#: I bought a set of nesting mixing bowls for mom.

1. transitive To place in, or as if in, a nest.
2. 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.

See also
pedialite

Translations
trans-top|build or settle into a nest
Esperanto: nesti (build), nesti�i (settle)
Finnish: pesiä
Greek: ��λιάζ�
Portuguese: aninhar m
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Polish: gnieździ�
Russian: гнездова���� (gnezdovát�s�a)
Spanish: anidar
Swedish: bygga bo
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trans-top|settle into a home
Esperanto: nesti�i
Finnish: pesiytyä
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Japanese: 籠� (komoru)
Polish: znaleź� szhronienie
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trans-top|successively neatly fit
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trans-top|to place in a nest
Esperanto: nestigi
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Polish: zagnieździ�
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trans-top|to succesively place inside another
Polish: zagnieździ�
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Swedish: stapla
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ttbc|Esperanto ingingi�i (3), ingingi or ingingigi (5)

Dutch

Noun
nest n
(Plural: nesten, diminutive: nestje)

1. A structure built or used by a bird or other animal as a place to incubate eggs and/or rear the hatched young, or as permanent dwelling
2. A nasty girl

#: De prinses was een verwend nest, tot Zijne Majesteit haar naar een buitenlandse kostschool stuurde waar elk vervelend nest van de stok krijgt
#:: The princess was a spoiled brat, till His Majesty sent her to a foreign boarding school where every bitching girl gets the cane

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