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English Idioms :: nest
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nest - See: FEATHER ONE'S NEST, STIR UP A HORNET'S NEST. |
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Traditional English :: nest
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nest - n. & v. --n. 1 a structure or place where a bird lays eggs and shelters its young.
2 an animal's or insect's breeding-place or lair.
3 a snug or secluded retreat or shelter.
4 (often foll. by of) a place fostering something undesirable (a nest of vice).
5 a brood or swarm.
6 a group or set of similar objects, often of different sizes and fitting together for storage (a nest of tables). --v. 1 intr. use or build a nest.
2 intr. take wild birds' nests or eggs.
3 intr. (of objects) fit together or one inside another.
4 tr. (usu. as nested adj.) establish in or as in a nest. nest egg 1 a sum of money saved for the future.
2 a real or artificial egg left in a nest to induce hens to lay eggs there. nestful n. (pl. -fuls). nesting n. (in sense 2 of v.). nestlike adj. [OE nest] |
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Related Words
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bee
bird
bumble
one
flew
over
cuckoo
author
cockoos
eagle
empty
syndrome
feather
inn
fern
cookoos
hen
heron
hitler
picture
hornet
removal
remove
get
rid
humming
journey
into
love
yellow
jacket
camp
amateur
crow
catalog
south
africa
tzaneen
chicken
box
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Most Often Usage
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bee nest
bird nest
bumble bee nest
one flew over the cuckoo nest author
cockoos nest
one flew over the cuckoo nest
eagle nest
empty nest
empty nest syndrome
feather nest inn
bird nest fern
one flew over the cookoos nest
hen on nest
heron nest
eagle nest hitler
picture of hornet nest
hornet nest removal
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