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 nest of hornets. 5. A place affording snug refuge or lodging; a home. 6. a nest of criminal activity. 7. Those who occupy or frequent such a place or environment. 8. a nest of tables. 9. A cluster of similar things. 10. A subroutine or set of data contained sequentially within another. 11. a machine-gun nest. 12. To build or occupy a nest. 13. To create and settle into a warm and secure refuge. 14. To hunt for birds' nests, especially in order to collect the eggs. 15. To fit together in a stack. 16. To place in or as if in a nest. 17. to nest boxes.
