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Nest   /nɛst/   Listen
Nest

noun
1.
A structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young.
2.
A kind of gun emplacement.  "A nest of snipers"
3.
A cosy or secluded retreat.
4.
A gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality.
5.
Furniture pieces made to fit close together.
verb
1.
Inhabit a nest, usually after building.
2.
Fit together or fit inside.
3.
Move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position.  Synonyms: cuddle, draw close, nestle, nuzzle, snuggle.  "The children snuggled into their sleeping bags"
4.
Gather nests.



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"Nest" Quotes from Famous Books



... discontent arises out of the one fact, that you have attempted to mould seventeen millions of human souls in one shape, and make them all do one thing. Take away your restrictions, open all doors, leave women at liberty to go where they will. The caged bird forgets how to build its nest. The wing of the eagle is as strong to soar to the sun as that of her mate, who never says to her, "back, feeble one, to your nest, and there brood in dull inactivity until I give you permission to leave!" But when her duties called her there, who ...
— History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II • Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Matilda Joslyn Gage
... be new every day. That is what Saint Paul meant when he said that the outer man decays, but the inner man is renewed. An old experience in religion is of no more value than a last year's bird's nest! You cannot feed the hungry ...
— The Next of Kin - Those who Wait and Wonder • Nellie L. McClung
... these poisonous insects, an occasional rat, and a few unfortunate prisoners, there were no other inhabitants in this dark prison. A flock of jackdaws had built their nest beneath the eaves of the old castle, and as they received good treatment from the prisoners they would pay them a passing visit at their grated windows to look in upon them or to receive a few crumbs of bread. Old Mr. ...
— The Home in the Valley • Emilie F. Carlen
... nests in the orchard. The second layin'. It ain't no harm to break up the second nest. Birds've no business layin' twice in one season. We ...
— The Man in Gray • Thomas Dixon
... moved. One envies Augustin for having heard them in their spring freshness. These lovely musics, which were to sound during so many centuries, and still soar against the vaults of cathedrals, were leaving the nest for the first time. We cannot think that a day will come when they will fold their wings and fall silent. Since human bodies, temples of the Holy Ghost, will live again in glory, one would like to believe ...
— Saint Augustin • Louis Bertrand


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