nest

nest is a 4-letter English word with 17 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 4 · Words With Friends 5 · 17 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young.
2. noun. Hence: the place in which the eggs of other animals, as insects, turtles, etc., are laid and hatched; a snug place in which young animals are reared.
3. noun. A snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or situation; a retreat, or place of habitual resort; hence, those who occupy a nest, frequent a haunt, or are associated in the same pursuit; as, a nest of traitors; a nest of bugs.
4. noun. An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.
5. noun. A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.
6. noun. A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively.
7. intransitive verb. To build and occupy a nest.
8. transitive verb. To put into a nest; to form a nest for.
9. noun. a kind of gun emplacement

   "a machine-gun nest"

   "a nest of snipers"

10. noun. furniture pieces made to fit close together
11. noun. a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality

    "a nest of thieves"

12. noun. a cosy or secluded retreat
13. noun. a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
14. verb. gather nests
15. verb. 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: cuddle, nestle, nuzzle, snuggle

16. verb. fit together or fit inside

    "nested bowls"

17. verb. inhabit a nest, usually after building

    "birds are nesting outside my window every Spring"

Synonyms

cuddle, nestle, nuzzle, snuggle

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in nest:

nets, sent, sten, tens

Common word forms

nests, nested, nester, nestful, nesting, nestable

Words from these letters

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