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Nesting

verb
/ˈnɛstɪŋ/
Word Frequency: 2.1

Definitions

1.verb(of animals) To build or settle into a nest.
2.verbTo settle into a home.
"We loved the new house and were nesting there in two days!"
3.verbTo successively neatly fit inside another.
"I bought a set of nesting mixing bowls for my mother."
4.verbTo place in, or as if in, a nest.
5.verbTo 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."
6.verbTo hunt for birds' nests or their contents (usually "go nesting").
7.nounThe process by which a bird nests.
8.nounThe enclosure of one loop, block, etc. of code inside another.

Synonyms

nestlingbroodingbirdbroodspawningovipositionbreedingreproductivebreedreproducingreproductionclutch

Rhymes With

jestingrestinginvestingmanifestingtestingsuggestingquestingarresting
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