Synonyms for nest
nɛstnest

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1. nestnoun

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

2. nestnoun

   a kind of gun emplacement

   "a machine-gun nest"; "a nest of snipers"

3. nestnoun

   a cosy or secluded retreat

4. nestnoun

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

   "a nest of thieves"

5. nestverb

   furniture pieces made to fit close together

6. nestverb

   inhabit a nest, usually after building

   "birds are nesting outside my window every Spring"

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

7. nestverb

   fit together or fit inside

   "nested bowls"

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

8. cuddle, snuggle, nestle, nest, nuzzle, draw closeverb

   move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position

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

   Synonyms:
   come near, approach, nuzzle, nose, cuddle, snuggle, draw near, nestle, come on, near, go up, draw close

9. nestverb

   gather nests

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

Matched Categories

1. • Cling To
   • Embed
   • Gang
   • Gather
   • Gun Emplacement
   • Inhabit
   • Natural Object
   • Retreat
   • Terrorism

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1. nestnoun

   Synonyms:
   AERIE

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1. nestnoun

   Synonyms:
   nidus, eyrie, aerie, retreat, den, haunt, resort

   Associated words:
   nidificate, nidification, neossine, caliology, cubilose, nidulant

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1. List of paraphrases for "nest":

   nesting, nests, nid, breed, foxhole, breeding, niche, nestling, redd, doghouse, mountaintop, pid, nested, nld

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1. John Bunyan:

   Temptations, when we first meet them, are like a lion that roared at Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them we shall find a nest of honey within them.

2. Jeff Smith:

   Aziz is highly critical of the Pakistani government but Islamabad knows he commands a sizable following and claim they have no legal grounds to arrest or convict him. Ultimately, they’ve decided it’s best to avoid stirring the hornet’s nest, even if means quietly allowing the swarm to proliferate, ideally, Pakistan would pass legislation or criminal justice reforms outlawing the type of hate speech espoused by Aziz and his ilk, and then deal with them through the appropriate legal mechanisms.

3. George Eliot:

   Comprehensive talkers are apt to be tiresome when we are not athirst for information; but, to be quite fair, we must admit that superior reticence is a good deal due to lack of matter. Speech is often barren, but silence also does not necessarily brood over a full nest. Your still fowl, blinking at you without remark, may all the while be sitting on one addled nest-egg; and, when it takes to cackling, will have nothing to announce but that addled delusion.

4. Michael Thiele:

   We can do this very, very simple thing — return bees into their natural nest environment, into their natural biosphere, if we lose them due to human-induced mass extinction, will there be a tomorrow?

5. Swedish Proverb:

   God gives every bird his worm, but he does not throw it into the nest.