nesting

Speech parts

1. nesting - Noun

2. nesting - Verb

Meaning

nesting

present participle and gerund of nest

nesting (plural nestings)

The process by which a bird nests.
(programming) The enclosure of one self-contained element of code inside another.
Synonym: imbrication

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

nestle aerie eyrie nester nest nestling Denning passerine shingling embedding birdlike rasorial nidation nestful anserous
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Phrases with the word

South Nesting ground-nesting bee cavity-nesting bee nesting site empty nesting North Nesting

Anagrams

tensing

Examples

You are sweet, O Love, dear Love, You are soft as the nesting dove. Come to my heart and bring it rest As the bird flies home to its welcome nest. Paul Laurence Dunbar

Pretty much the day I stopped being laureate, the poems that had been few and far between came back to me, like birds in the evening nesting in a tree. Andrew Motion

I saw the separateness of all things! My heart lifted up with the great grasses; The weeds believed me, and the nesting birds. Theodore Roethke

So LSM stays in. No ifs, buts, maybes or anything else. When I see the security people making sane arguments and agreeing on something, that will change. Quite frankly, I expect hell to freeze over before that happens, and pigs will be nesting in trees. But hey, I can hope. Linus Torvalds

You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head, but you can prevent them from nesting in your hair. Swedish Proverb

You cannot stop birds from flying over your head, but you can stop them nesting in your hair. African Proverb

Close letter words and terms

nesthole nesticid nestin nesting box nesting doll nesting place