Betekenis van:
nest

to nest
Werkwoord
  • een nest maken
  • fit together or fit inside
"nested bowls"

Hyperoniemen

to nest
Werkwoord
  • nesten
  • fit together or fit inside
"nested bowls"

Hyperoniemen

to nest
Werkwoord
    • inhabit a nest, usually after building
    "birds are nesting outside my window every Spring"

    Hyperoniemen

    to nest
    Werkwoord
      • gather nests

      Hyperoniemen

      to nest
      Werkwoord
        • move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position

        Synoniemen

        Hyperoniemen

        nest
        Zelfstandig naamwoord
        • dierennest
        • a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young

        Hyperoniemen

        Hyponiemen

        nest
        Zelfstandig naamwoord
          • a kind of gun emplacement
          "a machine-gun nest"
          "a nest of snipers"

          Hyperoniemen

          nest
          Zelfstandig naamwoord
            • a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality
            "a nest of thieves"

            Hyperoniemen

            Hyponiemen

            nest
            Zelfstandig naamwoord
              • furniture pieces made to fit close together

              Hyperoniemen

              nest
              Zelfstandig naamwoord
                • a cosy or secluded retreat

                Hyperoniemen


                Voorbeeldzinnen

                1. Seagulls nest in colonies.
                2. To feather one's own nest.
                3. Children all leave the nest one day.
                4. Put it back in the nest.
                5. The bird is in its nest.
                6. The birds placed a nest on a branch.
                7. How could there be unbroken eggs under a toppled nest?
                8. It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest.
                9. She carefully watched the bird in the nest.
                10. He is always busy feathering his own nest.
                11. The hen was sitting on the eggs in the nest.
                12. Apparently they nest in a tree out front of house.
                13. Little by little, the bird made his nest.
                14. Last year we had a hummingbird nest in our backyard.
                15. The bird picked up the twig with its beak and flew to its nest.