nest
Signification (English)
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- A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
- A place used by another mammal, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young.
- A snug, comfortable, or cosy residence or job situation.
- A retreat, or place of habitual resort.
- A hideout for bad people to frequent or haunt; a den.
- A home that a child or young adult shares with a parent or guardian.
- 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.
- A fortified position for a weapon.
- A structure consisting of nested structures, such as nested loops or nested subroutine calls.
- 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.
- A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively.
- (slang) The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself.
Concepts
faire son nid
se nicher
chez-moi
s'emboîter
Synonyms
bird’s nest
build a nest
nesting place
draw close
erst
flash-house
breeding place
areatus
nestification
bird ’s nest
nestle down
build its nest
bird nest
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/nɛst/
Étymologie (English)
In summary
From 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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