Standard Lemma guide

nest

name · noun · verb · 31 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /nɛst/
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  • rhymes with -ɛst
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1

name

Meaning 1

A surname from German or Welsh.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A place used by a monotreme, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A snug, comfortable, or cosy residence or job situation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A retreat, or place of habitual resort.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

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6

noun

Meaning 6

A hideout for bad people to frequent or haunt; a den.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a nest of thieves
  • That nightclub is a nest of strange people!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A home that a child or young adult shares with a parent or guardian.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I am aspiring to leave the nest.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: card-games, games

Examples

  • I was forced to change trumps when I found the ace, jack, and nine of diamonds in the nest.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A fortified position for a weapon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, military, politics, war

Examples

  • a machine gun nest

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

A structure consisting of nested structures, such as nested loops or nested subroutine calls.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

A circular bed of pasta, rice, etc. to be topped or filled with other foods.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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14

noun

Meaning 14

A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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15

noun

Meaning 15

The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, slang, vulgar

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: beav, beaver

Antonyms: none provided

16

noun

Meaning 16

Initialism of native English-speaking teacher.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: education

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

verb

Meaning 17

To build or settle into a nest.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

verb

Meaning 18

To settle into a home.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • We loved the new house and were nesting there in two days!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

verb

Meaning 19

To successively neatly fit inside another.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • I bought a set of nesting mixing bowls for my mother.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

verb

Meaning 20

To place in, or as if in, a nest.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

verb

Meaning 21

To place one thing neatly inside another, and both inside yet another (and so on).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • There would be much more room in the attic if you had nested all the empty boxes.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

verb

Meaning 22

To hunt for birds' nests or their contents (usually "go nesting").

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

23

noun

Meaning 23

a kind of gun emplacement

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a machine-gun nest
  • a nest of snipers

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: gun emplacement, weapons emplacement

24

noun

Meaning 24

furniture pieces made to fit close together

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: furniture, piece of furniture, article of furniture

25

noun

Meaning 25

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a nest of thieves

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: gang, pack, ring, mob

Narrower terms: sleeper nest

26

noun

Meaning 26

a cosy or secluded retreat

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: retreat

27

noun

Meaning 27

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: natural object

Narrower terms: beehive, hive, bird's nest, bird nest, birdnest, drey, mouse nest, mouse's nest, nidus

28

verb

Meaning 28

gather nests

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: gather, garner, collect, pull together

29

verb

Meaning 29

move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

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

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cling to, hold close, hold tight, clutch

30

verb

Meaning 30

fit together or fit inside

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • nested bowls

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant

31

verb

Meaning 31

inhabit a nest, usually after building

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • birds are nesting outside my window every Spring

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: populate, dwell, live, inhabit

History

Etymology

Two possible origins: * Welsh metronymic surname, from a diminutive of the personal name Agnes. * Borrowed from German Nest (“nest”), probably a topographic surname.

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).

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”).

Across languages

Translations

487 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: ахтәалара (axtwʼalara) — bird-built structure
  • Acehnese: eumpung — bird-built structure
  • Afrikaans: nes — bird-built structure
  • Albanian: fole — bird-built structure
  • Southern Altai: уйа (uya) — bird-built structure
  • Amharic: ጎጆ (goǧo) — bird-built structure
  • Chungli Ao: tesep — bird-built structure
  • Western Apache: itʼoh — bird-built structure
  • Arabic: عُشّ (ʕušš) — bird-built structure
  • Arabic: أَعْشَاش (ʔaʕšāš) — bird-built structure
  • Arabic: وَكْر (wakr) — bird-built structure
  • Chadian Arabic: عش (ʔušš) — bird-built structure
  • Arabic: عش (ʕešš) — bird-built structure
  • Arabic: وكر (wikr) — bird-built structure
  • Aragonese: niedo — bird-built structure
  • Armenian: բույն (buyn) — bird-built structure
  • Aromanian: cuibar — bird-built structure
  • Aromanian: cuib — bird-built structure
  • Assamese: বাহ (bah) — bird-built structure
  • Asturian: nieru — bird-built structure
  • Asturian: níu — bird-built structure
  • Asturian: ñíu — bird-built structure
  • Azerbaijani: yuva — bird-built structure
  • Bangi: zumbu — bird-built structure
  • Bashkir: оя (oya) — bird-built structure
  • Basque: habia — bird-built structure
  • Belarusian: гняздо́ (hnjazdó) — bird-built structure
  • Bengali: নীড় (niṛ) — bird-built structure
  • Bengali: আবাস (abaś) — bird-built structure
  • Bhojpuri: घोंसला (ghōnsəlā) — bird-built structure
  • Central Bikol: tataghan — bird-built structure
  • Central Bikol: salag — bird-built structure
  • Breton: neizh — bird-built structure
  • Bulgarian: гнездо́ (gnezdó) — bird-built structure
  • Burmese: သိုက် (suik) — bird-built structure
  • Burmese: အသိုက် (a.suik) — bird-built structure
  • Burmese: မြုံ (mrum) — bird-built structure
  • Canela: jahê — bird-built structure
  • Carpathian Rusyn: гнїздо́ (hnjizdó) — bird-built structure
  • Catalan: niu — bird-built structure
  • Cebuano: salag — bird-built structure
  • Chamicuro: imajka — bird-built structure
  • Chechen: бен (ben) — bird-built structure
  • Tedim Chin: bu — bird-built structure
  • Chinese Cantonese: 竇 /窦 (dau3) — bird-built structure
  • Chinese: вә (və) — bird-built structure
  • Chinese: 岫 (siū) — bird-built structure
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鳥巢 /鸟巢 (niǎocháo) — bird-built structure
  • Chinese Mandarin: 巢 (cháo) — bird-built structure
  • Chinese Mandarin: 窩 /窝 (wō) — bird-built structure
  • Chukchi: кытчыгъёԓгын (kytčygʺjoḷgyn) — bird-built structure
  • Ngazidja Comorian: traya — bird-built structure
  • Corsican: nidu — bird-built structure
  • Czech: hnízdo — bird-built structure
  • Dalmatian: naid — bird-built structure
  • Danish: rede — bird-built structure
  • Danish: fuglerede — bird-built structure
  • Dutch: nest — bird-built structure
  • Erzya: пизэ (pizë) — bird-built structure
  • Esperanto: nesto — bird-built structure
  • Estonian: pesa — bird-built structure
  • Evenki: умук (umuk) — bird-built structure
  • Evenki: хуги (hugi) — bird-built structure
  • Extremaduran: ñiu — bird-built structure
  • Fala: níu — bird-built structure
  • Faroese: reiður — bird-built structure
  • Fataluku: vari — bird-built structure
  • Finnish: pesä — bird-built structure
  • French: nid — bird-built structure
  • Friulian: nît — bird-built structure
  • Friulian: nîd — bird-built structure
  • Galician: niño — bird-built structure
  • Galician: neal — bird-built structure
  • Galician: niallo — bird-built structure
  • Galician: neada — bird-built structure
  • Galician: nío — bird-built structure
  • Galician: liñeiro — bird-built structure
  • Galician: cogordo — bird-built structure
  • Georgian: ბუდე (bude) — bird-built structure
  • German: Nest — bird-built structure
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌻𐍃 (sitls) — bird-built structure
  • Greek: φωλιά (foliá) — bird-built structure
  • Ancient Greek: νεοσσιά (neossiá) — bird-built structure
  • Paraguayan Guarani: taity — bird-built structure
  • Haitian Creole: nich — bird-built structure
  • Hawaiian: pūnana — bird-built structure
  • Hebrew: קֵן (ken) — bird-built structure
  • Higaonon: salag — bird-built structure
  • Hindi: घोसला (ghoslā) — bird-built structure
  • Hindi: घोंसला (ghonslā) — bird-built structure
  • White Hmong: zes — bird-built structure
  • Hungarian: fészek — bird-built structure
  • Icelandic: hreiður — bird-built structure
  • Ido: ucelonesto — bird-built structure
  • Ido: nesto — bird-built structure
  • Indonesian: sarang — bird-built structure
  • Ingrian: pesä — bird-built structure
  • Ingush: бӏи (bˀi) — bird-built structure
  • Irish: sead — bird-built structure
  • Irish: nead — bird-built structure
  • Italian: nido — bird-built structure
  • Japanese: 巣 (su) — bird-built structure
  • Japanese: ネスト (nesuto) — bird-built structure
  • Javanese: susuh — bird-built structure
  • Kalmyk: үр (ür) — bird-built structure
  • Kannada: ಗೂಡು (gūḍu) — bird-built structure
  • Karelian: pezä — bird-built structure
  • Kashmiri: اول (vl) — bird-built structure
  • Kashubian: gniôzdo — bird-built structure
  • Kayapó: jaê — bird-built structure
  • Kazakh: ұя (ūä) — bird-built structure
  • Eastern Khanty: тыӽәԓ (tyḥəł) — bird-built structure
  • Khmer: ទ្រនំ (trɔɔnum) — bird-built structure
  • Komi-Zyrian: поз (poz) — bird-built structure
  • Korean: 둥지 (dungji) — bird-built structure
  • Korean: 새집 (saejip) — bird-built structure
  • Korean: 보금자리 (bogeumjari) — bird-built structure
  • Central Kurdish: لانە (lane) — bird-built structure
  • Central Kurdish: ھێلانە (hêlane) — bird-built structure
  • Northern Kurdish: hêlîn — bird-built structure
  • Kyrgyz: уя (uya) — bird-built structure
  • Lakota: hoȟpi — bird-built structure
  • Lao: ຮັງ (hang) — bird-built structure
  • Latgalian: pereklis — bird-built structure
  • Latin: nīdus — bird-built structure
  • Latvian: lizda — bird-built structure
  • Latvian: ligzda — bird-built structure
  • Latvian: lizda — bird-built structure
  • Lezgi: муг (mug) — bird-built structure
  • Ligurian: nïo — bird-built structure
  • Lingala: zombo — bird-built structure
  • Lithuanian: lizdas — bird-built structure
  • Livonian: piezā — bird-built structure
  • Lombard: nid — bird-built structure
  • : ᦣᧂ (hang) — bird-built structure
  • Ludian: peza — bird-built structure
  • Luxembourgish: Nascht — bird-built structure
  • Macedonian: гнездо (gnezdo) — bird-built structure
  • Maguindanao: salag — bird-built structure
  • Makasae: wari — bird-built structure
  • Malay: sarang — bird-built structure
  • Malayalam: കൂട് (kūṭŭ) — bird-built structure
  • Maltese: bejta — bird-built structure
  • Manchu: ᡶᡝᠶᡝ (feye) — bird-built structure
  • Mansaka: pogad — bird-built structure
  • Māori: kōhanga — bird-built structure
  • Māori: kōpae — bird-built structure
  • Maranao: salag — bird-built structure
  • Marathi: घरटे (gharṭe) — bird-built structure
  • Eastern Mari: пыжаш (pyžaš) — bird-built structure
  • Western Mari: пӹжӓш (pÿžäš) — bird-built structure
  • Minangkabau: sarang — bird-built structure
  • Central Sierra Miwok: hé·sa- — bird-built structure
  • Moksha: пиза (piza) — bird-built structure
  • Mongolian: үүр (üür) — bird-built structure
  • Mongolian: ᠡᠭᠦᠷ (egür) — bird-built structure
  • Khiamniungan Naga: vēu-àp — bird-built structure
  • Nanai: омо (omo) — bird-built structure
  • Navajo: atʼoh — bird-built structure
  • Neapolitan: nivo — bird-built structure
  • Nepali: गुँड (gũḍ) — bird-built structure
  • Nepali: घोल (ghol) — bird-built structure
  • Nga La: bu — bird-built structure
  • Nga La: vaa-bu — bird-built structure
  • Nogai: уя (uya) — bird-built structure
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fuglerede — bird-built structure
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fuglereir — bird-built structure
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rede — bird-built structure
  • Norwegian Bokmål: reir — bird-built structure
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fuglereir — bird-built structure
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: reir — bird-built structure
  • Occitan: nis — bird-built structure
  • Ojibwe: zasaanh — bird-built structure
  • Church Slavic: гнѣздо (gnězdo) — bird-built structure
  • Church Slavic: ⰳⱀⱑⰸⰴⱁ (gnězdo) — bird-built structure
  • Old East Slavic: гнѣздо (gnězdo) — bird-built structure
  • Old English: nest — bird-built structure
  • Oromo: mandhee — bird-built structure
  • Osage: hcí — bird-built structure
  • Pangasinan: abong — bird-built structure
  • Pangasinan: obong — bird-built structure
  • Pangasinan: balaong — bird-built structure
  • Pangasinan: kalaba — bird-built structure
  • Pangasinan: balolang — bird-built structure
  • Pannonian Rusyn: гнїздо (hnjizdo) — bird-built structure
  • Papiamentu: nèshi — bird-built structure
  • Pashto: ځاله (jãla) — bird-built structure
  • Iranian Persian: لانِه (lâne) — bird-built structure
  • Iranian Persian: آشْیانِه (âšyâne) — bird-built structure
  • Piedmontese: ni — bird-built structure
  • Pitjantjatjara: mina — bird-built structure
  • Polish: gniazdo — bird-built structure
  • Portuguese: ninho — bird-built structure
  • Pykobjê: jaahi — bird-built structure
  • Quechua: thapa — bird-built structure
  • Rohingya: bahá — bird-built structure
  • Romagnol: nid — bird-built structure
  • Romanian: cuib — bird-built structure
  • Romansh: gnieu — bird-built structure
  • Romansh: igniv — bird-built structure
  • Russian: гнездо́ (gnezdó) — bird-built structure
  • Samoan: ōfaga — bird-built structure
  • Sanskrit: स्वसर (svasara) — bird-built structure
  • Sardinian: nidu — bird-built structure
  • Sardinian: niu — bird-built structure
  • Campidanese Sardinian: niu — bird-built structure
  • Scottish Gaelic: nead — bird-built structure
  • Serbo-Croatian: гнијездо — bird-built structure
  • Serbo-Croatian: гнездо — bird-built structure
  • Serbo-Croatian: gnijezdo — bird-built structure
  • Serbo-Croatian: gnezdo — bird-built structure
  • Shan: ႁင်း (háng) — bird-built structure
  • Sicilian: nidu — bird-built structure
  • Silesian: gniŏzdo — bird-built structure
  • Sinhalese: කදලුව (kadaluwa) — bird-built structure
  • Slovak: hniezdo — bird-built structure
  • Slovene: gnezdo — bird-built structure
  • Slovincian: gnjozdô — bird-built structure
  • Lower Sorbian: gnězdo — bird-built structure
  • Upper Sorbian: hnězdo — bird-built structure
  • Spanish: nido — bird-built structure
  • Sundanese: sayang — bird-built structure
  • Swahili: kiota — bird-built structure
  • Swedish: rede — bird-built structure
  • Swedish: bo — bird-built structure
  • Tabasaran: мукь (muq̇) — bird-built structure
  • Tagalog: limliman — bird-built structure
  • Tahitian: ofaaraa — bird-built structure
  • Tai Dam: ꪭꪰꪉ (ꞌhắng) — bird-built structure
  • Tai Nüa: ᥞᥒᥰ (häng) — bird-built structure
  • Tajik: лона (lona) — bird-built structure
  • Tajik: ошёна (ošyona) — bird-built structure
  • Tamil: கூடு (kūṭu) — bird-built structure
  • Tatar: оя (oya) — bird-built structure
  • Tausug: pugad — bird-built structure
  • Telugu: గూడు (gūḍu) — bird-built structure
  • Thai: รัง (rang) — bird-built structure
  • Thai: รังนก (rang-nók) — bird-built structure
  • Northern Thai: ᩁᩢ᩠ᨦ — bird-built structure
  • Tibetan: བྱ་ཚང (bya tshang) — bird-built structure
  • Tocharian B: lesto — bird-built structure
  • Tok Pisin: haus bilong pisin — bird-built structure
  • Turkish: yuva — bird-built structure
  • Ottoman Turkish: یوا (yuva) — bird-built structure
  • Turkmen: höwürtge — bird-built structure
  • Ukrainian: гніздо́ (hnizdó) — bird-built structure
  • Urdu: آشِیانَہ (āśiyāna) — bird-built structure
  • Urdu: گھون٘سْلَہ (ghõsla) — bird-built structure
  • Urdu: گھون٘سْلا (ghõslā) — bird-built structure
  • Uyghur: ئۇۋا (uwa) — bird-built structure
  • Uzbek: uya — bird-built structure
  • Uzbek: in — bird-built structure
  • Venetan: nìo — bird-built structure
  • Venetan: nit — bird-built structure
  • Venetan: njaro — bird-built structure
  • Veps: peza — bird-built structure
  • Vietnamese: tổ — bird-built structure
  • Vietnamese: ổ — bird-built structure
  • Vilamovian: naost — bird-built structure
  • Volapük: bödanäst — bird-built structure
  • Volapük: bödanästil — bird-built structure
  • Volapük: näst — bird-built structure
  • Volapük: nästil — bird-built structure
  • Volapük: smabed — bird-built structure
  • Võro: pesä — bird-built structure
  • Votic: pesä — bird-built structure
  • Warlpiri: mina — bird-built structure
  • Welsh: nyth — bird-built structure
  • Yámana: kuš — bird-built structure
  • Yiddish: נעסט (nest) — bird-built structure
  • Zhuang: rongz — bird-built structure
  • Zou: bi — bird-built structure
  • Zou: bu — bird-built structure
  • Arabic: عُشّ (ʕušš) — place for depositing eggs
  • Armenian: բույն (buyn) — place for depositing eggs
  • Bashkir: оя (oya) — place for depositing eggs
  • Bulgarian: по́лог (pólog) — place for depositing eggs
  • Catalan: niu — place for depositing eggs
  • Czech: hnízdo — place for depositing eggs
  • Dutch: nest — place for depositing eggs
  • Erzya: пизэ (pizë) — place for depositing eggs
  • Esperanto: nesto — place for depositing eggs
  • Finnish: pesä — place for depositing eggs
  • Finnish: kolo — place for depositing eggs
  • French: nid — place for depositing eggs
  • Galician: niño — place for depositing eggs
  • Galician: neal — place for depositing eggs
  • Galician: niallo — place for depositing eggs
  • Galician: neada — place for depositing eggs
  • Galician: nío — place for depositing eggs
  • Galician: liñeiro — place for depositing eggs
  • Galician: cogordo — place for depositing eggs
  • German: Nest — place for depositing eggs
  • Greek: φωλιά (foliá) — place for depositing eggs
  • Paraguayan Guarani: taity — place for depositing eggs
  • Irish: nead — place for depositing eggs
  • Italian: nido — place for depositing eggs
  • Japanese: 巣 (su) — place for depositing eggs
  • Khmer: សំបុក (sɑmbok) — place for depositing eggs
  • Korean: 둥지 (dungji) — place for depositing eggs
  • Central Kurdish: ھێلانە (hêlane) — place for depositing eggs
  • Latgalian: pereklis — place for depositing eggs
  • Latin: nīdus — place for depositing eggs
  • Luxembourgish: Nascht — place for depositing eggs
  • Macedonian: гнездо (gnezdo) — place for depositing eggs
  • Maltese: bejta — place for depositing eggs
  • Māori: kōpae — place for depositing eggs
  • Māori: kōhanga — place for depositing eggs
  • Khiamniungan Naga: māujám — place for depositing eggs
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rede — place for depositing eggs
  • Norwegian Bokmål: reir — place for depositing eggs
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: reir — place for depositing eggs
  • Old English: nest — place for depositing eggs
  • Polish: gniazdo — place for depositing eggs
  • Portuguese: ninho — place for depositing eggs
  • Quechua: thapa — place for depositing eggs
  • Rarotongan: koʻanga — place for depositing eggs
  • Romanian: cuib — place for depositing eggs
  • Romanian: cuibar — place for depositing eggs
  • Russian: гнездо́ (gnezdó) — place for depositing eggs
  • Scottish Gaelic: nead — place for depositing eggs
  • Spanish: nido — place for depositing eggs
  • Swedish: näste — place for depositing eggs
  • Swedish: bo — place for depositing eggs
  • Thai: รัง (rang) — place for depositing eggs
  • Tibetan: ཚང (tshang) — place for depositing eggs
  • Volapük: näst — place for depositing eggs
  • Arabic: مَسْكَن (maskan) — snug residence
  • Bulgarian: убе́жище (ubéžište) — snug residence
  • Bulgarian: гнездо́ (gnezdó) — snug residence
  • Czech: hnízdečko — snug residence
  • Dutch: nest — snug residence
  • Erzya: пизэ (pizë) — snug residence
  • Esperanto: nesto — snug residence
  • Finnish: pesä — snug residence
  • French: nid — snug residence
  • French: chez-soi — snug residence
  • French: chez-moi — snug residence
  • Galician: lar — snug residence
  • Galician: lariño — snug residence
  • Galician: casiña — snug residence
  • German: Nest — snug residence
  • Greek: φωλιά (foliá) — snug residence
  • Italian: nido — snug residence
  • Japanese: 巣 (su) — snug residence
  • Korean: 보금자리 (bogeumjari) — snug residence
  • Korean: 둥지 (dungji) — snug residence
  • Macedonian: гнездо (gnezdo) — snug residence
  • Osage: hcí — snug residence
  • Polish: gniazdko — snug residence
  • Portuguese: ninho — snug residence
  • Russian: гнёздышко (gnjózdyško) — snug residence
  • Russian: гнездо́ (gnezdó) — snug residence
  • Spanish: nido — snug residence
  • Volapük: näst — snug residence
  • Arabic: مُنْتَجَع (muntajaʕ) — retreat
  • Czech: útočiště — retreat
  • Dutch: nest — retreat
  • Esperanto: nesto — retreat
  • Finnish: pesä — retreat
  • Finnish: kotipesä — retreat
  • French: refuge — retreat
  • Galician: refuxoiro — retreat
  • Galician: acolleito — retreat
  • Galician: abeiro — retreat
  • German: Nest — retreat
  • Greek: φωλιά (foliá) — retreat
  • Italian: nido — retreat
  • Macedonian: скрива́лиште (skriválište) — retreat
  • Portuguese: retiro — retreat
  • Russian: приста́нище (pristánišče) — retreat
  • Russian: убе́жище (ubéžišče) — retreat
  • Arabic: مَعْقَل (maʕqal) — hideout — see also hideout, cave
  • Czech: hnízdo — hideout — see also hideout, cave
  • Dutch: nest — hideout — see also hideout, cave
  • Esperanto: nesto — hideout — see also hideout, cave
  • Finnish: pesäpaikka — hideout — see also hideout, cave
  • Finnish: pesä — hideout — see also hideout, cave
  • French: repaire — hideout — see also hideout, cave
  • Galician: supala — hideout — see also hideout, cave
  • Galician: pala — hideout — see also hideout, cave
  • Galician: cocho — hideout — see also hideout, cave
  • Galician: tobo — hideout — see also hideout, cave
  • Galician: emparadeiro — hideout — see also hideout, cave
  • Galician: recouso — hideout — see also hideout, cave
  • Galician: retroca — hideout — see also hideout, cave
  • Galician: buxío — hideout — see also hideout, cave
  • Galician: cabouco — hideout — see also hideout, cave
  • German: Nest — hideout — see also hideout, cave
  • Greek: φωλιά (foliá) — hideout — see also hideout, cave
  • Hebrew: מַחְבּוֹא (mákhbo) — hideout — see also hideout, cave
  • Italian: nido — hideout — see also hideout, cave
  • Japanese: 巣 (su) — hideout — see also hideout, cave
  • Japanese: 巣窟 (sōkutsu) — hideout — see also hideout, cave
  • Macedonian: скривалиште (skrivalište) — hideout — see also hideout, cave
  • Polish: kryjówka — hideout — see also hideout, cave
  • Portuguese: covil — hideout — see also hideout, cave
  • Portuguese: esconderijo — hideout — see also hideout, cave
  • Russian: прито́н (pritón) — hideout — see also hideout, cave
  • Russian: верте́п (vertép) — hideout — see also hideout, cave
  • Russian: мали́на (malína) — hideout — see also hideout, cave
  • Russian: гнездо́ (gnezdó) — hideout — see also hideout, cave
  • Spanish: nidal — hideout — see also hideout, cave
  • Swedish: näste — hideout — see also hideout, cave
  • Swedish: tillhåll — hideout — see also hideout, cave
  • Thai: รัง (rang) — hideout — see also hideout, cave
  • Thai: ซ่อง (sɔ̂ng) — hideout — see also hideout, cave
  • Dutch: nest — parental home
  • Finnish: pesä — parental home
  • German: Nest — parental home
  • Thai: รัง (rang) — parental home
  • Bulgarian: гнездо́ (gnezdó) — military: fortified position for a weapon
  • Finnish: pesäke — military: fortified position for a weapon
  • Greek: φωλιά (foliá) — military: fortified position for a weapon
  • Māori: putaanga — military: fortified position for a weapon
  • Arabic: عَشَّشَ (ʕaššaša) — to build or settle into a nest
  • Armenian: բնադրել (bnadrel) — to build or settle into a nest
  • Bulgarian: гнездя (gnezdja) — to build or settle into a nest
  • Chinese Mandarin: 築巢 /筑巢 (zhùcháo) — to build or settle into a nest
  • Czech: hnízdit — to build or settle into a nest
  • Danish: bygge rede — to build or settle into a nest
  • Dutch: nestelen — to build or settle into a nest
  • Dutch: nesten — to build or settle into a nest
  • Esperanto: nesti — to build or settle into a nest
  • Esperanto: nestiĝi — to build or settle into a nest
  • Faroese: reiðrast — to build or settle into a nest
  • Faroese: byggja — to build or settle into a nest
  • Finnish: pesiä — to build or settle into a nest
  • Finnish: pesiytyä — to build or settle into a nest
  • French: nicher — to build or settle into a nest
  • French: nidifier — to build or settle into a nest
  • Galician: aniñar — to build or settle into a nest
  • German: nisten — to build or settle into a nest
  • German: einnisten — to build or settle into a nest
  • Greek: φωλιάζω (foliázo) — to build or settle into a nest
  • Hungarian: fészket rak — to build or settle into a nest
  • Ido: nestifar — to build or settle into a nest
  • Italian: annidarsi — to build or settle into a nest
  • Japanese: 巣籠る (sugomoru) — to build or settle into a nest
  • Low German: nesten — to build or settle into a nest
  • Low German: nössen — to build or settle into a nest
  • Macedonian: се гнезди (se gnezdi) — to build or settle into a nest
  • Polish: gnieździć — to build or settle into a nest
  • Portuguese: aninhar — to build or settle into a nest
  • Portuguese: fazer ninho — to build or settle into a nest
  • Russian: гнездова́ться (gnezdovátʹsja) — to build or settle into a nest
  • Russian: гнезди́ться (gnezdítʹsja) — to build or settle into a nest
  • Spanish: anidar — to build or settle into a nest
  • Spanish: anidarse — to build or settle into a nest
  • Swedish: bygga bo — to build or settle into a nest
  • Tagalog: mamugad — to build or settle into a nest
  • Thai: ทํารัง (tam-rang) — to build or settle into a nest
  • Turkish: yuvalamak — to build or settle into a nest
  • Ottoman Turkish: یوالامق (yuvalamak) — to build or settle into a nest
  • Volapük: nästön — to build or settle into a nest
  • Bulgarian: заселвам се (zaselvam se) — to settle into a home
  • Czech: hnízdit — to settle into a home
  • Dutch: nestelen — to settle into a home
  • Esperanto: nestiĝi — to settle into a home
  • Finnish: kotiutua — to settle into a home
  • Finnish: käydä taloksi — to settle into a home
  • French: emménager — to settle into a home
  • Greek: φωλιάζω (foliázo) — to settle into a home
  • Hungarian: fészkel — to settle into a home
  • Japanese: 籠る (komoru) — to settle into a home
  • Polish: znaleźć schronienie — to settle into a home
  • Portuguese: mudar-se — to settle into a home
  • Ukrainian: селитися (selytysja) — to settle into a home
  • Bulgarian: пасвам (pasvam) — to successively neatly fit
  • Dutch: in elkaar passen — to successively neatly fit
  • Finnish: sopia sisäkkäin — to successively neatly fit
  • French: s'emboîter — to successively neatly fit
  • Portuguese: encaixar — to successively neatly fit
  • Dutch: innesten — to place in a nest
  • Esperanto: nestigi — to place in a nest
  • Finnish: laittaa pesään — to place in a nest
  • Greek: φωλιάζω (foliázo) — to place in a nest
  • Greek: κουρνιάζω (kourniázo) — to place in a nest
  • Macedonian: вгнездува (vgnezduva) — to place in a nest
  • Polish: zagnieździć — to place in a nest
  • Dutch: in elkaar stapelen — to successively place inside another
  • Finnish: laittaa sisäkkäin — to successively place inside another
  • French: emboîter — to successively place inside another
  • Hungarian: egymásba rak — to successively place inside another
  • Polish: zagnieździć — to successively place inside another
  • Portuguese: aninhar — to successively place inside another
  • Swedish: stapla — to successively place inside another