DAILY VOCABULARY WITH PICTURES. NEST.

• nest [countable]
• 1

  birds

  a place made or chosen by a bird to lay its eggs in and to live in:
• a bird's nest
• In May the females build a nest and lay their eggs.
• Young eagles leave the nest after only two months.
• 2

  insects/animals

  a place where insects or small animals live:
• a field mouse's nest
• 3

   leave/fly the nest

  to leave your parents' home and start living somewhere else when you are an adult:
• Both daughters were ready to fly the nest.
• 4

   nest of spies/thieves/intrigue etc

  a place where people are secretly doing a lot of illegal or dishonest things
• 5

   nest of tables/boxes etc

  a set of tables etc that fit inside each other

• ➔ feather your nest

   at feather2 (1)

   ; ➔ mare's nest

   at mare (2),love nest

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.