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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
nest
/nɛst/
noun1 of 2
the home of a bird or spider
- “It was once a great mystery where this bird nested.”Tatoeba
- “I will put the egg back in the nest again.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
verb2 of 2
To settle into a home.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)