Tra từ nest - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

nest [nest nests nested nesting] noun, verb BrE [nest] NAmE [nest]
noun

1. countable a hollow place or structure that a bird makes or chooses for laying its eggs in and sheltering its young
•sparrows building a nest of twigs and dry grass
2. countable a place where insects or other small creatures live and produce their young
•a wasps' nest
•a nest of mice
3. singular a secret place which is full of bad people and their activities
•a nest of thieves
4. singular the home, thought of as the safe place where parents bring up their children
•to leave the nest (= leave your parents' home)
see also ↑empty nest
5. countable, usually singular a group or set of similar things that are made to fit inside each other
•a nest of tables
see feather your (own) nest at ↑feather _v., fly the nest at ↑fly _v., a hornets' nest at ↑hornet, a mare's nest at ↑mare

Word Origin:
Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Latin nidus, from the Indo-European bases of ↑nether (meaning ‘down’) and ↑sit.

Example Bank:
•A rat took the egg while the mother was away from the nest.
•Her children have flown the nest.
•The female spends all her time on the nest.
•The litters of several different females often occupy the same nest.
•The male and female take turns to sit on the nest.
•The male uses song to attract a female to his nest site.
•The snake will attack if disturbed inside its nest.
•You should avoid disturbing the nest until after the eggs are hatched.

verb
1. intransitive to make and use a nest
• Thousands of seabirds are nesting on the cliffs.
2. transitive ~ sth (technical)to put types of information together, or inside each other, so that they form a single unit
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Word Origin:
Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Latin nidus, from the Indo-European bases of ↑nether (meaning ‘down’) and ↑sit.