nest
verb/nest/
/nest/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they nest | /nest/ /nest/ |
| he / she / it nests | /nests/ /nests/ |
| past simple nested | /ˈnestɪd/ /ˈnestɪd/ |
| past participle nested | /ˈnestɪd/ /ˈnestɪd/ |
| -ing form nesting | /ˈnestɪŋ/ /ˈnestɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to make and use a nest
- Thousands of seabirds are nesting on the cliffs.
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- [transitive] nest something (specialist) to put types of information together, or inside each other, so that they form a single unit
Word OriginOld English, of Germanic origin; related to Latin nidus, from the Indo-European bases of nether (meaning ‘down’) and sit.
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