Nests meaning : A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young. A place used by another mammal, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young. A snug, comfortable, or cosy residence or job situation. A retreat, or place of habitual resort. A hideout for bad people to frequent or haunt; a den. A home that a child or young adult shares with a parent or guardian. A fixed number of cards in some bidding games awarded to the highest bidder allowing him to exchange any or all with cards in his hand. A fortified position for a weapon. A structure consisting of nested structures, such as nested loops or nested subroutine calls. A circular bed of pasta, rice, etc. to be topped or filled with other foods. 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. (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").