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Nesting

/ˈnɛstɪŋ/

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

📖 Definitions of "Nesting"

verb
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    To settle into a home.

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

  3. 3

    To successively neatly fit inside another.

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

  4. 4

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

noun
  1. 1

    The process by which a bird nests.

  2. 2

    The enclosure of one loop, block, etc. of code inside another.

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