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, “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
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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.
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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 edit
Alternative forms 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
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 edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Welsh edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /nɛsd/, [nɛst]
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /neːsd/, [neːst], /nɛsd/, [nɛst]
- Rhymes: -ɛsd
Verb edit
nest (not mutable)