Meaning of nest | Babel Free

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1. A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
2. Initialism of native English-speaking teacher.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
3. A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young
4. A surname from German or Welsh.
5. A place used by a monotreme, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young.
6. a structure or place in which birds (and some animals and insects) hatch or give birth to and look after their young. The swallows are building a nest under the roof of our house; a wasp's nest. nes عُش гнездо ninho hnízdo das Nest rede; -rede φωλιάnido pesa آسایشگاه pesä nidקן घोंसला gnijezdo, skrovište fészek sarang hreiður nido 巣 둥지 lizdas, gūžta ligzda; pūznis sarang nest rede, bol; hulegniazdo ځاله،كور ninho cuib гнездо hniezdo gnezdo gnezdo rede, bo รังนก yuva 巢 гніздо گھونسلہ tổ chim 巢
7. A place used by a monotreme, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young
8. to build a nest and live in it. A pair of robins are nesting in that bush. nesmaak يُعَشِّش، يَبْني عُشّاً строя гнездо fazer ninho hnízdit nisten bygge rede φωλιάζωanidar pesitsema آشیانه کردن pesiä faire son nid, nicher לְקַנֵן घोंसला बनाना graditi gnijezdo, gnijezditi se fészket rak membuat sarang byggja hreiður nidificare, fare il nido 巣をつくる 둥지에 짓다 sukti lizdą ligzdot membuat sarang nestelenbygge rede gnieździć się ځاله جوړول fazer ninho a-şi face cuib гнездиться hniezdiť gnezditi gnezdit...
9. A snug, comfortable, or cosy residence or job situation.
10. A snug, comfortable, or cosy residence or job situation
11. a young bird (still in the nest). nesvoël, neskuiken فَرْخ طائِر голишар cria pískle, ptačí mládě der Nestling fugleunge νεοσσόςpajarito udusulis linnupoeg بچه پرندگان linnunpoikanen oisillonגוזל पक्षी का नवजात बच्चा tek izležena ptica madárfióka anak burung yang masih di sarang hreiðurungi uccellino ひな (둥우리를 떠나기 전의) 새새끼 jauniklis, paukščiukas putnēns anak burung di dalam sarang nestvogel fugleungepisklę د مرغه اكوڼى cria pui птенец holíča ptičji mladič ptić fågelunge ลูกอ่อนของนก yuva kuşu, ...
12. A retreat, or place of habitual resort.
13. A retreat, or place of habitual resort
14. a sum of money saved up for the future. neseier, spaargeld بَيضة العُش: مَبلَغ مالي مُوَفَّر للمُسْتَقْبَل спестявания pé-de-meia peněžní rezerva der Notgroschen sparepenge οικονομίες, κομπόδεμαahorros pesamuna تخمى که درلانه مرغ ميگذارند تا مرغ تخم کند pesämuna pécule חֶסכוֹנוֹת भविष्य के लिए सुरक्षित धन ušteđevina félretett pénzecske tabungan sparifé gruzzolo 貯金 밑돈, 비상금 santaupos juodai dienai ietaupījums wang simpanan een appeltje voor de dorst spareskillingoszczędności په ځاله كښى هګى اچو...
15. A hideout for bad people to frequent or haunt; a den.
16. A hideout for bad people to frequent or haunt; a den
17. nido de células, masa de células en forma de nido de pájaro.
18. A home that a child or young adult shares with a parent or guardian.
19. A structure or shelter made or used by a bird to hold its eggs during incubation and to house its young until fledged.
20. 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.
21. A place affording snug refuge or lodging; a home.
22. A fortified position for a weapon.
23. A place or environment that fosters rapid growth or development, especially of something undesirable; a hotbed: a nest of criminal activity.
24. A structure consisting of nested structures, such as nested loops or nested subroutine calls.
25. A set of objects of graduated size that can be stacked together, each fitting within the one immediately larger: a nest of tables.
26. A circular bed of pasta, rice, etc. to be topped or filled with other foods.
27. A group of weapons in a prepared position: a machine-gun nest.
28. An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.
29. A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.
30. A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively.
31. The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself.
    US, slang, vulgar

Equivalents

Examples

“a nest of thieves”

“That nightclub is a nest of strange people!”

“Capt. Kirby and I concluding it might be of great Service to the Eaſt-India Company to deſtroy such a Neſt of Rogues, were ready to ſail for that Purpoſe […]”

“Miss Carpenter told me that a short time previously some Bow Street constables had been sent down to this place to ferret out a crime which had been committed there, and that they reported there was not in all London such a nest of wickedness as they had explored.”

“I am aspiring to leave the nest.”

“I was forced to change trumps when I found the ace, jack, and nine of diamonds in the nest.”

“a machine gun nest”

“Subroutine 4 cannot jump out of the subroutine nest in one step. Each return address must be popped from the stack in the order in which it was pushed onto the stack.”

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

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