nestel.html - See: FEATHER ONE'S NEST, STIR UP A HORNET'S NEST.

nestel.html - {n.} Savings set aside to be used in the future. * /Herb says he doesn't have to worry about his old age because he has a nest egg in the bank./

nestel.html - 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]

nestel.html - v.
1 intr. (often foll. by down, in, etc.) settle oneself comfortably.
2 intr. press oneself against another in affection etc.
3 tr. (foll. by in, into, etc.) push (a head or shoulder etc.) affectionately or snugly.
4 intr. lie half hidden or embedded. [OE nestlian (as NEST)]

nestel.html - n.
a bird that is too young to leave its nest.

nestel.html - See: FEATHER ONE'S NEST, STIR UP A HORNET'S NEST.