Synonyms for nest
nɛstnest

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1. nestnoun

   a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young

2. nestnoun

   a kind of gun emplacement

   "a machine-gun nest"; "a nest of snipers"

3. nestnoun

   a cosy or secluded retreat

4. nestnoun

   a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality

   "a nest of thieves"

5. nestverb

   furniture pieces made to fit close together

6. nestverb

   inhabit a nest, usually after building

   "birds are nesting outside my window every Spring"

   Synonyms:
   snuggle, nuzzle, nestle, draw close, cuddle

7. nestverb

   fit together or fit inside

   "nested bowls"

   Synonyms:
   snuggle, nuzzle, nestle, draw close, cuddle

8. cuddle, snuggle, nestle, nest, nuzzle, draw closeverb

   move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position

   "We cuddled against each other to keep warm"; "The children snuggled into their sleeping bags"

   Synonyms:
   come near, approach, nuzzle, nose, cuddle, nest, snuggle, draw near, nestle, come on, near, go up, draw close

9. nestverb

   gather nests

   Synonyms:
   snuggle, nuzzle, nestle, draw close, cuddle

Matched Categories

1. • Cling To
   • Embed
   • Gang
   • Gather
   • Gun Emplacement
   • Inhabit
   • Natural Object
   • Retreat
   • Terrorism

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1. nestnoun

   Synonyms:
   AERIE

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1. nestnoun

   Synonyms:
   nidus, eyrie, aerie, retreat, den, haunt, resort

   Associated words:
   nidificate, nidification, neossine, caliology, cubilose, nidulant

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1. List of paraphrases for "nest":

   nesting, nests, nid, breed, foxhole, breeding, niche, nestling, redd, doghouse, mountaintop, pid, nested, nld

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1. Paul Carroll:

   It's been all about pressure and brinksmanship and military tools and tactics and chess something, and now to literally, directly taunt the leader of North Korea is like poking the hornet's nest yet again, if you do this kind of ratcheting (up) of rhetorical tensions but also sending military hardware into the region, if you do that absent of any kind of offramp or door or window for the North Koreans to consider walking through and reengaging in any sort of discussions, bad things are going to happen.

2. Pamela Plotkin:

   Most of them nest at only one beach in Mexico, they have started spreading north, and now we have a few hundred that will come and lay their eggs on Texas beaches.

3. Swedish Proverb:

   God gives every bird his worm, but he does not throw it into the nest.

4. Ventana Wildlife Society:

   This pair of condors is suspected of nesting in a remote portion of the Ventana Wilderness in the Arroyo Seco drainage, biologists have never entered the nest because of the area's inaccessibility.

5. Judith Ward:

   I couldn't imagine living in retirement and seeing your nest egg drop by more than a third.