nest
A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear youngA structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
» The bird is in its nest.
Der Vogel ist in seinem Nest.
Птица в гнезде.
Птица сидит в своём гнезде.
Пташка у своєму гнізді.
Пташка у гнізді.
Птах у своєму гнізді.
Птах у гнізді.
Meaning
14 sensesA structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
Nest
гнездо́gnezdó
гніздо́hnizdó
a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
A place used by a mammal, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young.
Nest
гнездо́gnezdó
A snug, comfortable, or cosy residence or job situation.
Nest
гнёздышкоgnjózdyško, гнездо́gnezdó
A retreat, or place of habitual resort.
Nest
приста́нищеpristánišče, убе́жищеubéžišče
a cosy or secluded retreat
A hideout for bad people to frequent or haunt; a den.
a nest of thieves
That nightclub is a nest of strange people!
A home that a child or young adult shares with a parent or guardian.
I am aspiring to leave the nest.
Nest
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.
I was forced to change trumps when I found the ace, jack, and nine of diamonds in the nest.
A fortified position for a weapon.
a machine gun nest
A structure consisting of nested structures, such as nested loops or nested subroutine calls.
Nest
прито́нpritón, верте́пvertép, мали́наmalína
A circular bed of pasta, rice, etc. to be topped or filled with other foods.
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.
Examples
222 sentencesThe bird is in its nest.
Пташка у своєму гнізді. — deniko
ruПтица в гнезде. — Lenin_1917
deDer Vogel ist in seinem Nest. — Tamy
Birds build nests.
Птахи в'ють гнізда. — deniko
ruПтицы вьют гнезда. — afyodor
deVögel bauen Nester. — al_ex_an_der
Birds always return to their nests.
ruПтицы всегда возвращаются в своё гнездо. — marafon
She carefully watched the bird in the nest.
We found a bird's nest in our chimney.
deWir fanden ein Vogelnest in unserem Kamin. — raggione
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English nest, nist, nyst, from Old English nest, from Proto-West Germanic *nesFrom Middle English nest, nist, nyst, from Old English nest, from Proto-West Germanic *nest, from Proto-Germanic *nestą, from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (“nest”), literally "where [the bird] sits down", a compound of *ni (“down”) (whence also English nether) + the zero-grade of the root *sed- (“to sit”) (whence also English sit).
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