nest
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2.5
- noun
- /nɛst/
- After a long day, she loved to relax in her cozy nest with a good book.
- empty nest
- leave the nest
- empty nest syndrome
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Watch on YouTubeI have prepared another nest for you too.
- I have prepared another nest for you too.
- She kicked me out of that nest with that phone call.
- So, so one might think, then what grows out of the nest, right, is what I am now.
- And and after that, two more years before you leave the nest, all of you, you've left the nest.
- I was the magpie in my own nest.
- But now I am pretty much looking to, you know, break out of break out of the nest, if you will, you know, fly the coop.
- I was in that in between stage from I'm just about to leave the nest.
Examples
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There comes a time when student teachers have to leave the nest and learn on their own.
Academic text (2006) -
We were just saying your nest is just so charming.
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Perfect little love nest for the perfect little couple.
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A love nest is what we need.
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Perfect spot for a nest.
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I took a cab to our love nest, and from there we walked.
Fiction book (1995) -
Let's call them and invite them over here to our little love nest.
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After dinner, I retired to my nest and worked on my journal awhile.
Fiction book (1992) -
That pink bungalow is called the "Lover's Nest."
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She didn't mind if I got a bird's-eye view of her love nest
Synonyms
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1.0
A small simple building where people live or stay
170
3.4
A small house near nature where travelers stay temporarily
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3.9
A safe place where people or animals are protected from danger
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4.1
A safe place where people go to escape danger
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4.2
A quiet place where you can relax alone
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3.0
A small sheltered corner where you can sit or read
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5.1
A private place where someone goes to be alone
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3.3
A place where birds rest or sleep
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2.9
A place where you feel as comfortable and relaxed as in your own house
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4.2
A small private place where two people in love spend romantic time together
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5.1
A place where a person or animal lives
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2.1
A warm comfortable place where you feel safe and relaxed
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4.6
A building where travelers can sleep and rest
A quiet place where someone can be alone to think
A small, simple shelter where people live, often temporary
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
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8.3
Use a job or position to get money for yourself in a dishonest way
Compounds
- Specialized
A tropical fern with long curved leaves that form a round nest in tree forks
- Australian
A fern that climbs trees and has broad leaves that look like a bird's nest
- NSFW
A hidden group of people who stay inactive until they get orders to do illegal or violent acts
How Cozy
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word nest also came to mean a small, cosy place because a bird's nest is warm and safe, so we call a quiet, private room someone's 'nest' as a friendly image.