Nesting

Word NESTING
Character 7
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈnɛstɪŋ/

Definitions and meanings of "Nesting"

What do we mean by nesting?

(of animals) To build or settle into a nest.

To settle into a home.

To successively neatly fit inside another.

To place in, or as if in, a nest.

To place one thing neatly inside another, and both inside yet another (and so on).

To hunt for birds' nests or their contents (usually "go nesting").

Synonyms and Antonyms for Nesting

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The word "nesting" in example sentences

But I prefer the term nesting rhymes because the words nest one inside the other like Russian wooden dolls. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Wane not though, my dear, for we definitely will return too a city I now understand why nesting is inevitable. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This model possesses an implicit temporal dimension because the nesting is based on the relative recency of common ancestry, but it lacks a horizontal dimension of time. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We also saw a few birds engaging in nesting behavior -- gathering straw and noisily debating territory rights. ❋ Lyda222 (2010)

But nesting is what's huge now - look at Hollywood. ❋ Hal Duncan (2008)

Google added two new features to Gmail Labs today: The often-requested Nested Labels – for those of you who like folder-style label nesting – and “Message Sneak Peek”, which provides a quick look at an email when you right-click the message in your inbox. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Maybe some improvements could be made to blog software for big sites, but I don†™ t think nesting is the answer. ❋ Unknown (2006)

What you get with nesting is lots of mini-conversations sprouting off ‘popular’ comments requiring you to drill down into lots of sub-directories to follow them. ❋ Unknown (2005)

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