Nest

/nɛst/

Synonyms for "nest" (195 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (39)

Noun(4 words)
bird homebird nestbroodingbuild

Strong matches (59)

Verb(3 words)
cuddledraw closeimbeds
Noun(6 words)
densdreyegg cradleestablishhideoutshome

Related words (97)

Noun(6 words)
occupypestholepubic hairrefugeroostingshelter

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

36 entries
arrangearticle of furniturecling toclutchcollectdwellembedengraftfurnitureganggarnergathergun emplacementhabitathold closehold tight

Showing 16 of 36 words.

More specific

10 entries
cozy homecup nestfamily homeground nestnest buildingnest sitenesting behaviorplatform nestsafe haventree nest

Collocations

9 entries
bird nestcup nestempty nestground nestnest boxnest eggnest sitenesting habitnesting material

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

6 entries

similar

3 entries
draw closenestlesnuggle

Translations

309 translations across 202 languages.

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Abkhaz

1 entries
  • ахтәалара noun (bird-built structure)

Acehnese

1 entries
  • eumpung noun (bird-built structure)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • nes noun (bird-built structure)

Albanian

1 entries
  • fole noun (bird-built structure)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ጎጆ noun (bird-built structure)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • νεοσσιά noun (bird-built structure)

Ao

1 entries
  • tesep noun (bird-built structure)

Arabic

4 entries
  • أَعْشَاش noun (bird-built structure)
  • عش noun (bird-built structure)
  • عُشّ noun (bird-built structure)
  • مَعْقَل noun (hideout — see also hideout, cave)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • niedo noun (bird-built structure)

Armenian

1 entries
  • բույն noun (bird-built structure)

Aromanian

2 entries
  • cuib noun (bird-built structure)
  • cuibar noun (bird-built structure)

Assamese

1 entries
  • বাহ noun (bird-built structure)

Asturian

3 entries
  • nieru noun (bird-built structure)
  • níu noun (bird-built structure)
  • ñíu noun (bird-built structure)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • yuva noun (bird-built structure)

Bangi

1 entries
  • zumbu noun (bird-built structure)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • оя noun (bird-built structure)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • гняздо́ noun (bird-built structure)

Bengali

2 entries
  • আবাস noun (bird-built structure)
  • নীড় noun (bird-built structure)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • घोंसला noun (bird-built structure)

Bikol Central

2 entries
  • salag noun (bird-built structure)
  • tataghan noun (bird-built structure)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • гнездо́ noun (bird-built structure)

Burmese

3 entries
  • မြုံ noun (bird-built structure)
  • သိုက် noun (bird-built structure)
  • အသိုက် noun (bird-built structure)

Campidanese Sardinian

1 entries
  • niu noun (bird-built structure)

Canela

1 entries
  • jahê noun (bird-built structure)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • гнїздо́ noun (bird-built structure)

Catalan

1 entries
  • niu noun (bird-built structure)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • salag noun (bird-built structure)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • لانە noun (bird-built structure)
  • ھێلانە noun (bird-built structure)

Central Sierra Miwok

1 entries
  • hé·sa- noun (bird-built structure)

Chadian Arabic

1 entries
  • عش noun (bird-built structure)

Chamicuro

1 entries
  • imajka noun (bird-built structure)

Chechen

1 entries
  • бен noun (bird-built structure)

Chinese

2 entries
  • вә noun (bird-built structure)
  • 岫 noun (bird-built structure)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 竇 /窦 noun (bird-built structure)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 巢 noun (bird-built structure)
  • 窩 /窝 noun (bird-built structure)
  • 鳥巢 /鸟巢 noun (bird-built structure)

Chukchi

1 entries
  • кытчыгъёԓгын noun (bird-built structure)

Church Slavic

2 entries
  • гнѣздо noun (bird-built structure)
  • ⰳⱀⱑⰸⰴⱁ noun (bird-built structure)

Corsican

1 entries
  • nidu noun (bird-built structure)

Czech

2 entries
  • hnízdo noun (bird-built structure)
  • hnízdo noun (hideout — see also hideout, cave)

Dalmatian

1 entries
  • naid noun (bird-built structure)

Danish

2 entries
  • fuglerede noun (bird-built structure)
  • rede noun (bird-built structure)

Dutch

3 entries
  • nest noun (bird-built structure)
  • nest noun (hideout — see also hideout, cave)
  • in elkaar stapelen verb (to successively place inside another)

Eastern Khanty

1 entries
  • тыӽәԓ noun (bird-built structure)

Eastern Mari

1 entries
  • пыжаш noun (bird-built structure)

Erzya

1 entries
  • пизэ noun (bird-built structure)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • nesto noun (bird-built structure)
  • nesto noun (hideout — see also hideout, cave)

Estonian

1 entries
  • pesa noun (bird-built structure)

Evenki

2 entries
  • умук noun (bird-built structure)
  • хуги noun (bird-built structure)

Extremaduran

1 entries
  • ñiu noun (bird-built structure)

Faroese

1 entries
  • reiður noun (bird-built structure)

Fataluku

1 entries
  • vari noun (bird-built structure)

Finnish

4 entries
  • pesä noun (bird-built structure)
  • pesä noun (hideout — see also hideout, cave)
  • pesäpaikka noun (hideout — see also hideout, cave)
  • laittaa sisäkkäin verb (to successively place inside another)

French

3 entries
  • nid noun (bird-built structure)
  • repaire noun (hideout — see also hideout, cave)
  • emboîter verb (to successively place inside another)

Friulian

2 entries
  • nîd noun (bird-built structure)
  • nît noun (bird-built structure)

Galician

4 entries
  • buxío noun (hideout — see also hideout, cave)
  • cabouco noun (hideout — see also hideout, cave)
  • cocho noun (hideout — see also hideout, cave)
  • cogordo noun (bird-built structure)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ბუდე noun (bird-built structure)

German

2 entries
  • Nest noun (bird-built structure)
  • Nest noun (hideout — see also hideout, cave)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌻𐍃 noun (bird-built structure)

Greek

2 entries
  • φωλιά noun (bird-built structure)
  • φωλιά noun (hideout — see also hideout, cave)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • nich noun (bird-built structure)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • pūnana noun (bird-built structure)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • מַחְבּוֹא noun (hideout — see also hideout, cave)
  • קֵן noun (bird-built structure)

Higaonon

1 entries
  • salag noun (bird-built structure)

Hindi

2 entries
  • घोंसला noun (bird-built structure)
  • घोसला noun (bird-built structure)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • fészek noun (bird-built structure)
  • egymásba rak verb (to successively place inside another)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • hreiður noun (bird-built structure)

Ido

2 entries
  • nesto noun (bird-built structure)
  • ucelonesto noun (bird-built structure)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • sarang noun (bird-built structure)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • pesä noun (bird-built structure)

Ingush

1 entries
  • бӏи noun (bird-built structure)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • آشْیانِه noun (bird-built structure)
  • لانِه noun (bird-built structure)

Irish

2 entries
  • nead noun (bird-built structure)
  • sead noun (bird-built structure)

Italian

2 entries
  • nido noun (bird-built structure)
  • nido noun (hideout — see also hideout, cave)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ネスト noun (bird-built structure)
  • 巣 noun (bird-built structure)
  • 巣 noun (hideout — see also hideout, cave)
  • 巣窟 noun (hideout — see also hideout, cave)

Javanese

1 entries
  • susuh noun (bird-built structure)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • үр noun (bird-built structure)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಗೂಡು noun (bird-built structure)

Karelian

1 entries
  • pezä noun (bird-built structure)

Kashubian

1 entries
  • gniôzdo noun (bird-built structure)

Kayapó

1 entries
  • jaê noun (bird-built structure)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • ұя noun (bird-built structure)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • vēu-àp noun (bird-built structure)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ទ្រនំ noun (bird-built structure)

Komi-Zyrian

1 entries
  • поз noun (bird-built structure)

Korean

3 entries
  • 둥지 noun (bird-built structure)
  • 보금자리 noun (bird-built structure)
  • 새집 noun (bird-built structure)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • уя noun (bird-built structure)

Lakota

1 entries
  • hoȟpi noun (bird-built structure)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຮັງ noun (bird-built structure)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • pereklis noun (bird-built structure)

Latin

1 entries
  • nīdus noun (bird-built structure)

Latvian

3 entries
  • ligzda noun (bird-built structure)
  • lizda noun (bird-built structure)
  • lizda noun (bird-built structure)

Lezgi

1 entries
  • муг noun (bird-built structure)

Ligurian

1 entries
  • nïo noun (bird-built structure)

Lingala

1 entries
  • zombo noun (bird-built structure)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • lizdas noun (bird-built structure)

Livonian

1 entries
  • piezā noun (bird-built structure)

Lombard

1 entries
  • nid noun (bird-built structure)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • gnězdo noun (bird-built structure)

Ludian

1 entries
  • peza noun (bird-built structure)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Nascht noun (bird-built structure)

Lü

1 entries
  • ᦣᧂ noun (bird-built structure)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • гнездо noun (bird-built structure)
  • скривалиште noun (hideout — see also hideout, cave)

Maguindanao

1 entries
  • salag noun (bird-built structure)

Makasae

1 entries
  • wari noun (bird-built structure)

Malay

1 entries
  • sarang noun (bird-built structure)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • കൂട് noun (bird-built structure)

Maltese

1 entries
  • bejta noun (bird-built structure)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᡶᡝᠶᡝ noun (bird-built structure)

Mansaka

1 entries
  • pogad noun (bird-built structure)

Maranao

1 entries
  • salag noun (bird-built structure)

Marathi

1 entries
  • घरटे noun (bird-built structure)

Minangkabau

1 entries
  • sarang noun (bird-built structure)

Moksha

1 entries
  • пиза noun (bird-built structure)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • үүр noun (bird-built structure)
  • ᠡᠭᠦᠷ noun (bird-built structure)

Māori

2 entries
  • kōhanga noun (bird-built structure)
  • kōpae noun (bird-built structure)

Nanai

1 entries
  • омо noun (bird-built structure)

Navajo

1 entries
  • atʼoh noun (bird-built structure)

Nepali

1 entries
  • गुँड noun (bird-built structure)

Nga La

2 entries
  • bu noun (bird-built structure)
  • vaa-bu noun (bird-built structure)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • traya noun (bird-built structure)

Nogai

1 entries
  • уя noun (bird-built structure)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • hêlîn noun (bird-built structure)

Northern Thai

1 entries
  • ᩁᩢ᩠ᨦ noun (bird-built structure)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • fuglerede noun (bird-built structure)
  • fuglereir noun (bird-built structure)
  • rede noun (bird-built structure)
  • reir noun (bird-built structure)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • fuglereir noun (bird-built structure)
  • reir noun (bird-built structure)

Occitan

1 entries
  • nis noun (bird-built structure)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • zasaanh noun (bird-built structure)

Old East Slavic

1 entries
  • гнѣздо noun (bird-built structure)

Old English

1 entries
  • nest noun (bird-built structure)

Oromo

1 entries
  • mandhee noun (bird-built structure)

Osage

1 entries
  • hcí noun (bird-built structure)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • یوا noun (bird-built structure)

Pangasinan

4 entries
  • abong noun (bird-built structure)
  • balaong noun (bird-built structure)
  • balolang noun (bird-built structure)
  • kalaba noun (bird-built structure)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • гнїздо noun (bird-built structure)

Papiamentu

1 entries
  • nèshi noun (bird-built structure)

Pashto

1 entries
  • ځاله noun (bird-built structure)

Piedmontese

1 entries
  • ni noun (bird-built structure)

Pitjantjatjara

1 entries
  • mina noun (bird-built structure)

Polish

3 entries
  • gniazdo noun (bird-built structure)
  • kryjówka noun (hideout — see also hideout, cave)
  • zagnieździć verb (to successively place inside another)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • covil noun (hideout — see also hideout, cave)
  • esconderijo noun (hideout — see also hideout, cave)
  • ninho noun (bird-built structure)
  • aninhar verb (to successively place inside another)

Pykobjê

1 entries
  • jaahi noun (bird-built structure)

Quechua

1 entries
  • thapa noun (bird-built structure)

Rohingya

1 entries
  • bahá noun (bird-built structure)

Romagnol

1 entries
  • nid noun (bird-built structure)

Romanian

1 entries
  • cuib noun (bird-built structure)

Romansch

2 entries
  • gnieu noun (bird-built structure)
  • igniv noun (bird-built structure)

Russian

4 entries
  • верте́п noun (hideout — see also hideout, cave)
  • гнездо́ noun (bird-built structure)
  • гнездо́ noun (hideout — see also hideout, cave)
  • мали́на noun (hideout — see also hideout, cave)

Samoan

1 entries
  • ōfaga noun (bird-built structure)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • स्वसर noun (bird-built structure)

Sardinian

2 entries
  • nidu noun (bird-built structure)
  • niu noun (bird-built structure)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • nead noun (bird-built structure)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • gnezdo noun (bird-built structure)
  • gnijezdo noun (bird-built structure)
  • гнездо noun (bird-built structure)
  • гнијездо noun (bird-built structure)

Shan

1 entries
  • ႁင်း noun (bird-built structure)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • nidu noun (bird-built structure)

Silesian

1 entries
  • gniŏzdo noun (bird-built structure)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • කදලුව noun (bird-built structure)

Slovak

1 entries
  • hniezdo noun (bird-built structure)

Slovene

1 entries
  • gnezdo noun (bird-built structure)

Slovincian

1 entries
  • gnjozdô noun (bird-built structure)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • уйа noun (bird-built structure)

Spanish

2 entries
  • nidal noun (hideout — see also hideout, cave)
  • nido noun (bird-built structure)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • sayang noun (bird-built structure)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kiota noun (bird-built structure)

Swedish

4 entries
  • bo noun (bird-built structure)
  • näste noun (hideout — see also hideout, cave)
  • rede noun (bird-built structure)
  • tillhåll noun (hideout — see also hideout, cave)

Tabasaran

1 entries
  • мукь noun (bird-built structure)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • limliman noun (bird-built structure)

Tahitian

1 entries
  • ofaaraa noun (bird-built structure)

Tai Dam

1 entries
  • ꪭꪰꪉ noun (bird-built structure)

Tai Nüa

1 entries
  • ᥞᥒᥰ noun (bird-built structure)

Tajik

2 entries
  • лона noun (bird-built structure)
  • ошёна noun (bird-built structure)

Tamil

1 entries
  • கூடு noun (bird-built structure)

Tatar

1 entries
  • оя noun (bird-built structure)

Tausug

1 entries
  • pugad noun (bird-built structure)

Tedim Chin

1 entries
  • bu noun (bird-built structure)

Telugu

1 entries
  • గూడు noun (bird-built structure)

Thai

4 entries
  • ซ่อง noun (hideout — see also hideout, cave)
  • รัง noun (bird-built structure)
  • รัง noun (hideout — see also hideout, cave)
  • รังนก noun (bird-built structure)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • བྱ་ཚང noun (bird-built structure)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • lesto noun (bird-built structure)

Tok Pisin

1 entries
  • haus bilong pisin noun (bird-built structure)

Turkish

1 entries
  • yuva noun (bird-built structure)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • höwürtge noun (bird-built structure)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • гніздо́ noun (bird-built structure)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • hnězdo noun (bird-built structure)

Urdu

3 entries
  • آشِیانَہ noun (bird-built structure)
  • گھون٘سْلا noun (bird-built structure)
  • گھون٘سْلَہ noun (bird-built structure)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • ئۇۋا noun (bird-built structure)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • in noun (bird-built structure)
  • uya noun (bird-built structure)

Venetan

3 entries
  • nit noun (bird-built structure)
  • njaro noun (bird-built structure)
  • nìo noun (bird-built structure)

Veps

1 entries
  • peza noun (bird-built structure)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • tổ noun (bird-built structure)
  • ổ noun (bird-built structure)

Vilamovian

1 entries
  • naost noun (bird-built structure)

Volapük

4 entries
  • bödanäst noun (bird-built structure)
  • bödanästil noun (bird-built structure)
  • näst noun (bird-built structure)
  • nästil noun (bird-built structure)

Votic

1 entries
  • pesä noun (bird-built structure)

Võro

1 entries
  • pesä noun (bird-built structure)

Warlpiri

1 entries
  • mina noun (bird-built structure)

Welsh

2 entries
  • nyth noun (bird-built structure)
  • nythod noun (bird-built structure)

Western Apache

1 entries
  • itʼoh noun (bird-built structure)

Western Mari

1 entries
  • пӹжӓш noun (bird-built structure)

White Hmong

1 entries
  • zes noun (bird-built structure)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • נעסט noun (bird-built structure)

Yámana

1 entries
  • kuš noun (bird-built structure)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • rongz noun (bird-built structure)

Zou

2 entries
  • bi noun (bird-built structure)
  • bu noun (bird-built structure)

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

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The hen was sitting on the eggs in the nest.

Source: tatoeba (31749)

Put it back in the nest.

Source: tatoeba (41794)

The bird is in its nest.

Source: tatoeba (45011)

It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest.

Source: tatoeba (264765)

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