nest
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English nest, nist, nyst, from Old English nest, from Proto-West Germanic *nest, from Proto-Germanic *nestą, from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (“nest”), literally "where [the bird] sits down", a compound of *ni (“down”) (whence also English nether) + the zero-grade of the root *sed- (“to sit”) (whence also English sit).
Noun
[edit]nest (plural nests)
- A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
- A place used by another mammal, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young.
- A snug, comfortable, or cosy residence or job situation.
- A retreat, or place of habitual resort.
- A hideout for bad people to frequent or haunt; a den.
- a nest of thieves
- That nightclub is a nest of strange people!
- 1724, Charles Johnson [pseudonym], “Of Capt. Edward England, and His Crew. [A Letter from Captain Makra, dated at Bombay, Nov. 16, 1720.]”, in A General History of the Pyrates, […], 2nd edition, London: Printed for, and sold by T. Warner, […], →OCLC, page 119:
- Capt. Kirby and I concluding it might be of great Service to the Eaſt-India Company to deſtroy such a Neſt of Rogues, were ready to ſail for that Purpoſe […]
- 1895, Frances Power Cobbe, chapter 10, in Life of Frances Power Cobbe[1], volume 1, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, page 254:
- Miss Carpenter told me that a short time previously some Bow Street constables had been sent down to this place to ferret out a crime which had been committed there, and that they reported there was not in all London such a nest of wickedness as they had explored.
- A home that a child or young adult shares with a parent or guardian.
- I am aspiring to leave the nest.
- (card games) 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.
- (military) A fortified position for a weapon.
- a machine gun nest
- (computing) A structure consisting of nested structures, such as nested loops or nested subroutine calls.
- A circular bed of pasta, rice, etc. to be topped or filled with other foods.
- (geology) An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.
- A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.
- A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively.
- (vulgar, slang, now US) The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself.
Quotations
[edit]- For quotations using this term, see Citations:nest.
Derived terms
[edit]- ant nest beetle
- bird-nest
- bird's nest
- bird's nest cut
- bird's nest fungus
- bird's nest pudding
- bird's nest soup
- bird's nest swing
- boar's nest
- brood nest
- crow's nest
- crow's-nest
- cuckoo's nest
- don't shit in your own nest
- edible bird's nest
- egg in a nest
- empty nest
- empty-nest syndrome
- empty nest syndrome
- feather one's nest / feather one's own nest
- fly the nest
- foul one's own nest
- gravel nest
- hive nest
- hornets' nest
- hornet's nest
- hurrah's nest
- it's an ill bird that fouls its own nest
- language nest
- leave the nest
- love nest
- mare's nest
- mare's-nest
- nest box
- nest egg
- nest of vipers
- nest scrape
- nest together
- rat's nest
- stick-nest rat
- tangled nest spider
- trap nest
- UFO nest
- yellow bird's-nest
Related terms
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Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle English nesten, nisten, from Old English nistan, nistian, from Proto-West Germanic *nistijan (“to nest, build a nest”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian näästje (“to nest”), Dutch nesten (“to nest”), German Low German nüsten (“to nest”), German nisten (“to nest”).
Verb
[edit]nest (third-person singular simple present nests, present participle nesting, simple past and past participle nested)
- (intransitive, of animals) To build or settle into a nest.
- (intransitive) To settle into a home.
- We loved the new house and were nesting there in two days!
- (intransitive) To successively neatly fit inside another.
- I bought a set of nesting mixing bowls for my mother.
- (transitive) To place in, or as if in, a nest.
- (transitive) 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.
- (intransitive) To hunt for birds' nests or their contents (usually "go nesting").
- 1895, Alfred Emanuel Smith, Francis Walton, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- After the first heavy frost, when acorns were falling, I took a friend into partnership and went nesting.
Translations
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See also
[edit]nest on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Nest in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch nest, from Old Dutch nest, from Proto-West Germanic *nest, from Proto-Germanic *nestą. Cognate with English, German Nest etc.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nest n (plural nesten, diminutive nestje n)
- A nest (place to hatch young, especially bird structure)
- Het vogeltje bouwt zijn nest in het riet. ― The little bird builds its nest among the reeds.
- (colloquial) A nest (residence; retreat; hideout; home)
- Hij groeide op in een rood nest. ― He grew up in a left-wing household.
- (colloquial) One's bed
- Kom uit je nest, ’t is hoogste tijd! ― Get out of bed, it’s high time!
- (derogatory) A nasty, ill-behaving or pretentious child; a brat.
- Wat een verwend nest! ― What a spoiled, pretentious brat!
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) A piece of junk; rubbish.
Derived terms
[edit]- addernest
- adelaarsnest
- arendsnest
- bandietennest
- broeinest
- kapersnest
- kraaiennest
- mierennest
- mitrailleursnest
- nestbeschermer
- nestbevuiler
- nestblijver
- nestdrift
- nestei
- nestelen
- nesteling
- nesten
- nesterig
- nesterij
- nestgeur
- nesthaar
- nesthokker
- nestholte
- nestkast
- nestkeuze
- nestkuiken
- nestveren
- nestvlieder
- nestzitter
- ooievaarsnest
- roofnest
- roversnest
- smokkelnest
- vogelnest
- wespennest
- zeeroversnest
Descendants
[edit]Elfdalian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse næstr, cognate with Swedish näst, English next.
Preposition
[edit]nest
Latgalian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Balto-Slavic *neśtei. Cognates include Latvian nest and Lithuanian nešti.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]nest (reflexive nestīs)
- (transitive) to carry
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | nest | ||
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supine | nastu | ||
verbal noun | nesšona | ||
indicative | |||
past | present | future | |
1st singular | nešu | nasu | nesšu |
2nd singular | nesi | nes | nessi |
3rd singular | nese | nas | ness |
1st plural | nesem | nasam | nessim |
2nd plural | neset | nasat | nessit |
3rd plural | nese | nas | ness |
subjunctive | imperative | ||
1st singular | nastum | singular | nes |
2nd singular | nestim nastumi |
plural | nesit |
3rd singular | nastu | ||
1st plural | nastumem | debitive | juonas |
2nd plural | nastumet | converb | nasdams |
3rd plural | nastu | ||
participles | |||
past | present | future | |
active | ness nesis |
nasūšs nass |
— |
passive | nasts | nasoms nasom |
— |
oblique | ness nesis |
nass nasūt |
nesškys nesšūt |
infinitive | nanest | ||
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supine | nanastu | ||
verbal noun | nanesšona | ||
indicative | |||
past | present | future | |
1st singular | nanešu | nanasu | nanesšu |
2nd singular | nanesi | nanes | nanessi |
3rd singular | nanese | nanas | naness |
1st plural | nanesem | nanasam | nanessim |
2nd plural | naneset | nanasat | nanessit |
3rd plural | nanese | nanas | naness |
subjunctive | imperative | ||
1st singular | nanastum | singular | nanes |
2nd singular | nanestim nanastumi |
plural | nanesit |
3rd singular | nanastu | ||
1st plural | nanastumem | debitive | najuonas |
2nd plural | nanastumet | converb | nanasdams |
3rd plural | nanastu | ||
participles | |||
past | present | future | |
active | naness nanesis |
nanasūšs nanass |
— |
passive | nanasts | nanasoms nanasom |
— |
oblique | naness nanesis |
nanass nanasūt |
nanesškys nanesšūt |
References
[edit]- M. Bukšs, J. Placinskis (1973) Latgaļu volūdas gramatika un pareizraksteibas vōrdneica, Latgaļu izdevnīceiba, page 167
- Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 44
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Lithuanian nèšti (“to carry, bring”), see there for more.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]nest (transitive, 1st conjugation, present nesu, nes, nes, past nesu)
- (transitive) to carry
- (transitive) to bring
Conjugation
[edit]INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme) | IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme) | ||||
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Present (tagadne) |
Past (pagātne) |
Future (nākotne) | |||
1st pers. sg. | es | nesu | nesu | nesīšu | — |
2nd pers. sg. | tu | nes | nesi | nesīsi | nes |
3rd pers. sg. | viņš, viņa | nes | nesa | nesīs | lai nes |
1st pers. pl. | mēs | nesam | nesām | nesīsim | nesīsim |
2nd pers. pl. | jūs | nesat | nesāt | nesīsiet, nesīsit |
nesiet |
3rd pers. pl. | viņi, viņas | nes | nesa | nesīs | lai nes |
RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme) | PARTICIPLES (divdabji) | ||||
Present | nesot | Present Active 1 (Adj.) | nesošs | ||
Past | esot nesis | Present Active 2 (Adv.) | nesdams | ||
Future | nesīšot | Present Active 3 (Adv.) | nesot | ||
Imperative | lai nesot | Present Active 4 (Obj.) | nesam | ||
CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme) | Past Active | nesis | |||
Present | nestu | Present Passive | nesams | ||
Past | būtu nesis | Past Passive | nests | ||
DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme) | NOMINAL FORMS | ||||
Indicative | (būt) jānes | Infinitive (nenoteiksme) | nest | ||
Conjunctive 1 | esot jānes | Negative Infinitive | nenest | ||
Conjunctive 2 | jānesot | Verbal noun | nešana |
Derived terms
[edit]- atnest (“to bring (to carry to where the intended recipient is)”)
- ienest (“to carry in”)
- pienest (“to carry up to someone”)
- pienesums (“contribution”)
- aiznest (“to carry away”)
- apnest (“to carry around (some obstacle that is on one's path)”)
- iznest (“to carry out”)
- panest (“to carry a little”)
- panesams (“bearable, tolerable”)
- nonest (“to carry down”)
- pārnest (“to carry over (some obstacle that is on one's path)”)
- pārnesta nozīme (“figurative sense”, literally “transferred sense”)
- uznest (“to carry up”)
- sanest (“to bring, hoard (some objects) together”)
- sanesums (“snowdrift, accumulation of some material”)
- nēsāt (“to be continuously carrying around; to be wearing; to carry (a fetus)”)
- nasta (“burden”)
Middle English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English nest, from Proto-West Germanic *nest, from Proto-Germanic *nestą.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nest (plural nestes)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “nest, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Middle High German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old High German nest, from Proto-Germanic *nistą.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nest n (genitive singular nestes, plural nest or nester)
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adverbial form of neste
Adverb
[edit]nest
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “nest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adverbial form of neste
Adverb
[edit]nest
References
[edit]- “nest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *nest, from Proto-Germanic *nestą. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic гнѣздо (gnězdo, “nest”), Old Irish net (“nest”), Latin nīdus (“nest”), Sanskrit नीड (nīḍa, “nest”), Albanian neth (“sprout, bud”), Old Armenian նիստ (nist, “sitting; seat; property”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nest n
- nest
- Ealle fuglas habbaþ heora nest ongunnen būtan þē and mē. Hwæs ābīdaþ wit?
- All the birds have started their nests except for you and me. What are we waiting for?
Declension
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[edit]Welsh
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /nɛsd/, [nɛst]
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /neːsd/, [neːst], /nɛsd/, [nɛst]
- Rhymes: -ɛsd
Verb
[edit]nest (not mutable)
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