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Meanings of nest in English

Russian
гнезда
Portuguese
ninho
Spanish
nidifican
Catalan
niu
Wikidata

Place of refuge for animals.

гнезда
Catalan
abraçar

Move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position.

abraçar
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Examples for "nests"
Examples for "nests"
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It is the problem with eyases taken from their nests too soon.
Vlad. The Last Confession
2
We collected five C. cyphergaster nests from three different support plant species.
Pubmed
3
Twenty-seven geese were the results of the shooting in the four nests.
Winter Adventures of Three Boys in the Great Lone Land
4
We've just found more efficient ways today of fouling our own nests.
Wired
5
The nests were located in independent rocky niches but never in rookeries.
The Home of the Blizzard / Being the Story of the Australasian A...
1
The drey was eminently satisfactory, for, in the summer months, it was completely hidden.
"Wee Tim'rous Beasties": Studies of Animal life and Character
2
Rather than trapping grey squirrels, Bryant removes them by putting a cat-scented cloth in their drey.
The Guardian
3
Effie thought about what Drey had said as she drifted into sleep.
A Fortress of Grey Ice
4
Ross Laidlaw first saved from May, then from Drey Wright seconds later.
BBC
5
Drey called halt so softly it was like listening to a thought.
A Cavern of Black Ice
Usage of nest in English
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Of course, the risk of stirring up a hornets' nest was considerable.
Shadow prowler
2
The birds nest in northern Europe and fly south in the fall.
The new yorker
3
The nest measured quite 18 inches in diameter and five in thickness.
The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1
4
Place the shredded lettuce in the nest and then the prepared salmon.
Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book / Numerous New Recipes Based on Present ...
5
At sunset the last of the laggards is back in the nest.
The Wonders of Instinct: Chapters in the Psychology of Insects
6
So was this second pair beginning a new nest well into August?
The Irish Times
7
There were two eggs in one nest and three in the other.
The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1
8
When the taboo ended in the Trailheader nest, a second crisis arose.
Anthill: a novel
9
The grave looked like the newly made nest of some huge bird.
Young Lion of the Woods / Or, A Story of Early Colonial Days
10
At last he gained the rim of the nest and looked in.
A Treasury of Eskimo Tales
11
The Dorking Hen had knocked it from the nest in her flight.
Among the Farmyard People
12
She became an inert package easily carried to the new nest site.
Anthill: a novel
13
The present nest contained a pure white egg; the other spotted eggs.
The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1
14
We sat down and made a nest in the long red grass.
My Antonia
15
The other died in the nest of cotton-wool you had made him.
The Gods are Athirst
16
Anyhow, they had young ones in that nest early in the summer.
Amanda: A Daughter of the Mennonites
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Portuguese
ninho
Nest through the time
Nest across language varieties
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Common
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Common
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