1a structure or place made or chosen by a bird for laying eggs and sheltering its young:two sparrows frantically building a nest [as modifier]:a nest site
a place where an animal or insect breeds or shelters:an ants' nest
something in the form of a bowl or layer, used to hold, protect, or support something:potato nests filled with okra
a person’s snug or secluded retreat:I’m off to my cosy nest
2a place filled with undesirable people, activities, or things:a nest of spies
3a set of similar objects of graduated sizes, made so that each smaller one fits into the next in size for storage:a nest of tables
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1 [no object] (of a bird or other animal) use or build a nest:the owls often nest in barns (as adjective nesting)do not disturb nesting birds
2 [with object] fit (an object or objects) inside a larger one:the town is nested inside a large crater on the flanks of a volcano
[no object] (of a set of objects) fit inside one another:Russian dolls that nest inside one another
(especially in computing and linguistics) place (an object or element) in a lower position in a hierarchy: (as adjective nested)organisms classified in a series of nested sets
