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nest⋅ed

[nes-tid]

–adjective Mathematics.

(of an ordered collection of sets or intervals) having the property that each set is contained in the preceding set and the length or diameter of the sets approaches zero as the number of sets tends to infinity.

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Origin:
1720–30; nest + -ed ³

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nest

[nest]

–noun

1.	a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.

2.	a place used by insects, fishes, turtles, rabbits, etc., for depositing their eggs or young.

3.	a number of birds, insects, animals, etc., inhabiting one such place.

4.	a snug retreat or refuge; resting place; home.

5.	an assemblage of things lying or set close together, as a series of boxes or trays, that fit within each other: a nest of tables.

6.	a place where something bad is fostered or flourishes: a nest of vice; a robber's nest.

7.	the occupants or frequenters of such a place.

–verb (used with object)

8.	to settle or place (something) in or as if in a nest: to nest dishes in straw.

9.	to fit or place one within another: to nest boxes for more compact storage.

–verb (used without object)

10.	to build or have a nest: The swallows nested under the eaves.

11.	to settle in or as if in a nest.

12.	to fit together or within another or one another: bowls that nest easily for storage.

13.	to search for or collect nests: to go nesting.

14.	Computers. to place a routine inside another routine that is at a higher hierarchical level.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME, OE (c. D, G nest; akin to L nīdus nest, OIr net, Welsh nyth, Skt nīḍa lair) ≪ IE *nizdo- bird's nest, equiv. to *ni down (see nether ) + *zd-, var. of *sd-, ablaut var. of *sed-, v. base meaning “sit” (see sit ) + *-o- theme vowel

Related forms:

nest⋅a⋅ble, adjective

nester, noun

nestlike, adjective

nesty, adjective

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nest (něst)

1. A container or shelter made by a bird out of twigs, grass, or other material to hold its eggs and young.
2. A similar structure in which fish, insects, or other animals deposit eggs or keep their young.
3. A place in which young are reared; a lair.
4. A number of insects, birds, or other animals occupying such a place: a nest of hornets.
5. A place or environment that fosters rapid growth or development, especially of something undesirable; a hotbed: a nest of criminal activity.
6. Those who occupy or frequent such a place or environment.
7. A set of objects of graduated size that can be stacked together, each fitting within the one immediately larger: a nest of tables.
8. A cluster of similar things.
A place affording snug refuge or lodging; a home.
1. A place or environment that fosters rapid growth or development, especially of something undesirable; a hotbed: a nest of criminal activity.
2. Those who occupy or frequent such a place or environment.
3. A set of objects of graduated size that can be stacked together, each fitting within the one immediately larger: a nest of tables.
4. A cluster of similar things.
1. A set of objects of graduated size that can be stacked together, each fitting within the one immediately larger: a nest of tables.
2. A cluster of similar things.
Computer Science A set of data contained sequentially within another.
A group of weapons in a prepared position: a machine-gun nest.

v. nest·ed, nest·ing, nests

v. intr.

To build or occupy a nest.
To create and settle into a warm and secure refuge.
To hunt for birds' nests, especially in order to collect the eggs.
To fit together in a stack.

v. tr.

To place in or as if in a nest.
To put snugly together or inside one another: to nest boxes.

[Middle English, from Old English; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]

Word History: Nest is an ancient word, *nizdos in Indo-European, composed of the prefix *ni- "down," plus a form of the verbal root *sed-, "to sit," followed by a suffix used to form nouns, *-os. Thus a *ni-zd-os literally means "(place where the bird) sits down." In Germanic, an old zd became st. Thus *nizdos became *nistaz, which further changed in Old English to nest. Latin also inherited the word *nizdos from Indo-European, where it eventually changed to nīdus. This word has been borrowed into English as a scientific term. The prefix *ni- survives elsewhere in English, too, in the words beneath and nether.

Word Origin & History

nest (n.)

O.E. nest "bird's nest, snug retreat," from P.Gmc. *nistaz (cf. M.L.G., M.Du., Ger. nest), from PIE *nizdo- (cf. Skt. nidah "resting place, nest," L. nidus "nest," O.C.S. gnezdo, O.Ir. net, Welsh nyth, Bret. nez "nest"), probably from *ni "down" + *sed- "sit." Used since M.E. in ref. to various accumulations of things (e.g. a nest of drawers, early 18c.). The verb is O.E. nistan, from P.Gmc. *nistijanan. Nest egg "retirement savings" is from 1700, originally "a real or artificial egg left in a nest to induce the hen to go on laying there" (1606).

Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: nest
Pronunciation: 'nest
Function: noun
: an isolated collection or clump of cells in tissue of a different structure nest ofsarcomatous cells in the liver>

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