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English to English noun
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a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young |  | source: wordnet30
| 2 |
a kind of gun emplacement | | Example: a machine-gun nest
a nest of snipers
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a cosy or secluded retreat | | source: wordnet30
| 4 |
a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality | | Example: a nest of thieves
source: wordnet30
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furniture pieces made to fit close together | | source: wordnet30
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The bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young. | | source: webster1913 verb
| 7 |
inhabit a nest, usually after building | | Example: birds are nesting outside my window every Spring
source: wordnet30
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fit together or fit inside | | Example: nested bowls
source: wordnet30
| 9 |
move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position | | Example: We cuddled against each other to keep warm
The children snuggled into their sleeping bags
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| 10 |
gather nests | | source: wordnet30
| 11 |
To build and occupy a nest. | | source: webster1913
| 12 |
To put into a nest; to form a nest for. | | source: webster1913
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