Nest is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for NEST in dictionary:

VERB:
• to build a structure for holding eggs
• (of a bird or other animal) use or build a nest
• fit (an object or objects) inside a larger one
• (of a set of objects) fit inside one another
• (especially in computing and linguistics) place (an object or element) in a lower position in a hierarchy
• To build and occupy a nest.
• To put into a nest; to form a nest for.
• inhabit a nest, usually after building
• fit together or fit inside
• move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position
• gather nests
• make or inhabit a nest
NOUN:
• a structure or place made or chosen by a bird for laying eggs and sheltering its young
• a place where an insect or other animal breeds or shelters
• something in the form of a bowl or layer, used to hold, protect, or support something
• a place filled with undesirable people, activities, or things
• a set of similar objects of graduated sizes, made so that each smaller one fits into the next in size for storage
• place or structure in which birds or certain animals lay eggs or give birth to young
• The bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young.
• 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.
• 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.
• An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.
• A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.
• A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively.
• a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
• a kind of gun emplacement
• a cosy or secluded retreat
• a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality
• furniture pieces made to fit close together
• a person's snug or secluded retreat
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to build a nest (a structure for holding bird eggs)

Words related to NEST

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Words that contain NEST

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How to use NEST in a sentence

• What? Down in the corner a small, yellow face lying in a nest of fur.
• MYRTLE FLOWERS Since Love within my heart made nest, With the fond trust of brooding bird, I find no all-embracing word To say how deeply I am blest.
• The banishment was only for ten years, and he had his nest already prepared with the Persian King.
• A small crevice in the limestone rock, from which a disagreeable smell of dried fish bones issued forth, formed the outer entrance to the nest.
• By chance a robin had built its nest so that from her retreat she could see the five little blue eggs, whenever the patient brooding mother left them for a moment uncovered.
• At last Jonas took off his cap, and placed it bottom upwards on the saddle before him, and put the nest, with the bird in it, in that, and then drove carefully along.
• Miller once, in Guiana, had been watching for some days a nest of ant-wrens which contained young.
• Miller never found their new nests, but their actions left him certain that they were feeding their young, which they must have themselves removed from the old nest.
• It took him but a few minutes to reach the place, and as he paused and looked keenly around for the nest, an infuriated mass of great wings and feathers hurled itself upon him.
• My grandmother once had her nest near a cemetery, and often related pathetic incidents which had come under her observation at that time.
• The first communication to the nest Congress will be, like all subsequent ones, by message, to which no answer will be expected.
• He is but fifteen, and I scarce can keep him in my nest.
• There were two fine Meadow Mice who built their nest in the bank of a ditch and were much liked by all their relatives.
• I gave the wool the nest to line, But the nest was none of mine.
• There was not a tree without a nest, and not a nest which was not full of flapping wings.
• Yet this woman could barely read and did not learn to write until her firstborn had gone away from the home nest.
• He is placed in the nest with its young and aids in feeding them.
• In this case, it was a hen that sat on a nest of eggs.
• Ivan soon came near a large tree and saw a big nest in the branches.
• I gave for you a wisp of hay, And did not take your nest away.
• When she found a nest she had it moved carefully after nightfall, under a bit of netting, and fastened somewhere about the gables.
• The next instant the mother-eagle had swooped, striking the nest at his feet, sending his support of twigs and himself with them out into the air together.

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