nest

/nɛst/

verb

The birds nest in the trees.

意味（1）

(intransitive, of animals) To build or settle into a nest.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To settle into a home.

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

意味（3）

(intransitive) To successively neatly fit inside another.

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

意味（4）

(transitive) To place in, or as if in, a nest.

意味（5）

(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.

意味（6）

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