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A structure or place made or chosen by a bird for laying eggs and sheltering its young
“The female stays on the nest and broods the young for the first week or so after they hatch.”
A place where an insect or other animal breeds or shelters
“In others, it may include completion of a rite of passage, such as getting buried up to your chin in an ant nest on your thirteenth birthday.”
A person's snug or secluded retreat
“No sooner are you snug in your new nest than you find that units on your floor are being used as a hotel, with people coming and going.”
A place that fosters or nurtures the development or growth of something
“They city is a nest for creativity and the air is inclusive.”
A set of (similar) objects
“In the burial chamber, a nest of four golden shrines, each sitting within the other, are removed, to reveal a stone sarcophagus.”
A locality or habitat where something is found in natural abundance, and also where it typically thrives
A place for meeting and socializing with others
Temporary place to stay or sleep
Offspring or children (collectively) of a family
A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young
To stay somewhere, typically temporarily
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