nest

nest
nest
1. noun
(a structure or place in which birds (and some animals and insects) hatch or give birth to and look after their young: The swallows are building a nest under the roof of our house; a wasp's nest.) nido

2. verb
(to build a nest and live in it: A pair of robins are nesting in that bush.) anidar
- nest-egg
- feather one's own nest
- feather one's nest
nest n nido
nest
tr[nest]
noun
1 nido (hen's) nidal nombre masculino
2 (wasp's) avispero; (animal's) madriguera
3 figurative use nido, refugio
intransitive verb
1 anidar, nidificar
transitive verb
1 SMALLCOMPUTING/SMALL anidar
\
SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
nest egg ahorrillos nombre masculino plural
nest of tables mesas nombre femenino plural nido
nest ['nɛst] vi
: anidar
nest n
1) : nido m (de un ave), avispero m (de una avispa), madriguera f (de un animal)
2) refuge: nido m, refugio m
3) set: juego m
a nest of tables: un juego de mesitas
nest
n.
• nidada s.f.
• nidal s.m.
• nido s.m.
• ponedero s.m.
v.
• anidar v.
• buscar nidos v.

I nest
noun
1) (of birds, reptiles) nido m; (of mice) ratonera f, nido m

ants' nest — hormiguero m

to fly o leave the nest — \<\<bird/child\>\> volar* del or dejar el nido

to feather one's (own) nest — barrer hacia adentro

2) (set) juego m

nest of tables — mesa f nido


II
intransitive verb \<\<birds\>\> anidar
[nest]
1. N
1) [of bird] nido m ; [of hen] nidal m ; [of rat, fox] madriguera f ; [of mouse] ratonera f ; [of wasps, hornets] avispero m ; [of ants] hormiguero m

to fly the nest —

when the children have flown the nest — cuando los hijos dejen el nido

- feather one's nest
- foul one's own nest
2) (fig) [of thieves, spies] guarida f
3) (=set) [of boxes, tables] juego m
4) (=gun emplacement)

a machine-gun nest — un nido de ametralladoras

2. VI
1) [bird] anidar, hacer su nido
2) [collector] buscar nidos
3.
CPD

nest egg N — (fig) ahorros mpl

* * *

I [nest]
noun
1) (of birds, reptiles) nido m; (of mice) ratonera f, nido m

ants' nest — hormiguero m

to fly o leave the nest — \<\<bird/child\>\> volar* del or dejar el nido

to feather one's (own) nest — barrer hacia adentro

2) (set) juego m

nest of tables — mesa f nido


II
intransitive verb \<\<birds\>\> anidar

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