nest

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nest /n'est/ (nests nesting nested)
1 [N-COUNT] oft poss N
A bird's nest is the home that it makes to lay its eggs in.
I can see an eagle's nest on the rocks.
2 [VERB] V, V-ing
When a bird nests somewhere, it builds a nest and settles there to lay its eggs.
Some species may nest in close proximity to each other.
...nesting sites.
3 [N-COUNT] usu poss N
A nest is a home that a group of insects or other creatures make in order to live in and give birth to their young in.
Some solitary bees make their nests in burrows in the soil.
...a rat's nest.
4
see also crow's nest, love nest
5 [PHRASE] V inflects
When children fly the nest, they leave their parents' home to live on their own.
When their children had flown the nest, he and his wife moved to a thatched cottage in Dorset.
= leave home
6
a hornet's nest: see hornetcrow's nest
[N-SING]
On a ship, the crow's nest is a small platform high up on the mast, where a person can go to look in all directions.love nest (love nests)
also love-nest
[N-COUNT] usu sing
A love nest is a house or flat where two people who are having a love affair live or meet. (JOURNALISM)nest egg (nest eggs)
also nest-egg
[N-COUNT] usu sing
A nest egg is a sum of money that you are saving for a particular purpose. (INFORMAL)
They have a little nest egg tucked away somewhere for a rainy day.

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