nest

Definition:
1. A structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young.
2. A kind of gun emplacement.
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.
6. Inhabit a nest, usually after building.
7. Fit together or fit inside.

Use 'nest' in a sentence:

• 1. They have a little nest egg tucked away somewhere for a rainy day.
• 2. He loves the Bird's Nest.
• 3. What is bird's nest?
• 4. As soon as the two chicks hatch, they leave the nest burrow.
• 5. The birds are busy building their nests.
• 6. You should try bird's nest soup.
• 7. When their children had flown the nest, he and his wife moved to a thatched cottage in Dorset.
• 8. Hen hops off her nest.
• 9. The eagle does not prey on its own nest.; It isn't advisable to harm one's next-door neighbours.; The eagle never hunts near his own nest.
• 10. The hole is the door of the nest.
• 11. I can see an eagle's nest on the rocks.
• 12. And the Bird's Nest was also beautiful.
• 13. There are three pretty eggs in the bird's nest.
• 14. They found a bird's nest with five eggs in it.
• 15. They pick it up and come back to the nest.
• 16. The nest is made of mud.
• 17. A lone mother Canada goose honked a warning to stay away from her nest.
• 18. Are you telling me that you've got your own little nest of informers in the Police Department?
• 19. These nests increase in size each year, and can eventually weigh down the branch.
• 20. Inspecting the nest may require some ingenuity.
• 21. Why don't you let the nest drift as usual?
• 22. Some solitary bees make their nests in burrows in the soil.
• 23. In the morning they were found dead in their nest.
• 24. My wife seems to be building a nest of her own at Osborne House.
• 25. Is the nest the bird's home?
• 26. The birds returned to their nests and continued to incubate the eggs.
• 27. It is best to stifle curiosity and leave birds' nests alone.
• 28. The National Stadium is called the Bird's Nest.
• 29. He's buildin' his nest.
• 30. The dove is building her nest.
• 31. Swallows carry bits of earth in their bills to build nests.
• 32. It's a bird's nest!
• 33. Swallows have an aptitude for building nests.
• 34. The dove came back to her nest.
• 35. Thousands of seabirds are nesting on the cliffs.
• 36. Here is an ant's nest.
• 37. "Home to its nest," was Peter's answer.
• 38. Oh, let's climb up there and see its nest!
• 39. Mary's much more interested in doing things for other people than feathering her own nest.
• 40. The nest contained two chicks: just small grey balls of fluff.
• 41. The owl seems to have deserted its nest.
• 42. They call it "The Bird's Nest".
• 43. A bird must weave these materials into a nest.
• 44. His letter to the papers stirred up a real hornets' nest.
• 45. This allows the pair to mate properly and stops the hen from staying in the nest.
• 46. The birds' nests are lined with tightly packed leaves.
• 47. The cuckoo lays its eggs in other birds' nests.
• 48. The nest contained eight little mice that were naked and blind.
• 49. The baby had been asleep in her nest of pink and white blankets.
• 50. When a bird's nest is overturned, no egg can remain intact.
• 51. He had a rapacious appetite for bird's nest soup.
• 52. The actual nest is a work of art.
• 53. Some species may nest in close proximity to each other.
• 54. Inspecting the nest can be difficult and may require some ingenuity.
• 55. The robins occupied their former nest.
• 56. The forest's dense growth provides nesting places for a wide variety of birds.