Definitions for the word "nest" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
The bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. i.
To build and occupy a nest.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. t.
To put into a nest; to form a nest for.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
1 structure or place where a bird lays eggs and shelters its young. 2 any creature''s breeding-place or lair. 3 snug retreat or shelter. 4 brood or swarm. 5 group or set of similar objects, often of different sizes and fitting one inside the other (nest of tables). v. 1 use or build a nest. 2 take wild birds'' nests or eggs. 3 (of objects) fit together or one inside another. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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