[nɛst], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a structure or place made or chosen by a bird for laying eggs and sheltering its young
(e.g: two sparrows frantically building a nest)

- a place filled with undesirable people, activities, or things
(e.g: a nest of spies)

- a set of similar objects of graduated sizes, made so that each smaller one fits into the next in size for storage
(e.g: a nest of tables)


Phrases:

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

[nɛst], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a bird or other animal) use or build a nest
(e.g: the owls often nest in barns)

- fit (an object or objects) inside a larger one
(e.g: the town is nested inside a large crater on the flanks of a volcano)


Phrases:

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