1. nest - Noun
2. nest - Verb
3. Nest - Proper noun
The bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young.
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.
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.
An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.
A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.
A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively.
To build and occupy a nest.
To put into a nest; to form a nest for.
Source: Webster's dictionarySuccess is full of promise till men get it; and then it is last year's nest from which the bird has flown. Henry Ward Beecher
No insect hangs its nest on threads as frail as those which will sustain the weight of human vanity. Edith Wharton
Only very brave mouse makes nest in cat's ear. Earl Derr Biggers
It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest. English Proverb
It's a brave bird that makes its nest in the cat's ear. Hindi Proverb
He lays his eggs beside his nest. Dutch Proverb