nest

noun14

1. •
   a bird's home, built by the bird, in which its eggs are kept warm and its babies grow
2. •
   A place used by a mammal, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young.
3. •
   A home that a child or young adult shares with a parent or guardian.

   • I am aspiring to leave the nest.
4. •
   A fortified position for a weapon.

   • a machine gun nest
5. •
   A retreat, or place of habitual resort.
6. •
   A hideout for bad people to frequent or haunt; a den.

   • a nest of thieves
   • That nightclub is a nest of strange people!
7. •
   A snug, comfortable, or cosy residence or job situation.
8. •
   A structure consisting of nested structures, such as nested loops or nested subroutine calls.

   • Subroutine 4 cannot jump out of the subroutine nest in one step. Each return address must be popped from the stack in the order in which it was pushed onto the stack. — 1981
9. •
   A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.
10. •
    A circular bed of pasta, rice, etc. to be topped or filled with other foods.
11. •
    A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively.
12. •
    An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.
13. •
    A fixed number of cards in some bidding games awarded to the highest bidder allowing him to exchange any or all with cards in his hand.

    • I was forced to change trumps when I found the ace, jack, and nine of diamonds in the nest.
14. •
    (slang, vulgar) The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself.

verb6

1. •
   To build or settle into a nest.
2. •
   To settle into a home.

   • We loved the new house and were nesting there in two days!
3. •
   To place in, or as if in, a nest.
4. •
   To successively neatly fit inside another.

   • I bought a set of nesting mixing bowls for my mother.
5. •
   To place one thing neatly inside another, and both inside yet another (and so on).

   • There would be much more room in the attic if you had nested all the empty boxes.
6. •
   To hunt for birds' nests or their contents (usually "go nesting").

   • After the first heavy frost, when acorns were falling, I took a friend into partnership and went nesting. — 1895

noun1

1. •
   Initialism of native English-speaking teacher.