Antonyms for nesting


Grammar : Verb
Spell : nest
Phonetic Transcription : nɛst


Definition of nesting

Origin :
  • 1650s, "making or using a nest," past participle adjective from nest (v.). Of objects, "fitted into one another," from 1934.
  • As in live : verb inhabit a dwelling
  • As in lodge : verb stay at temporary residence
  • As in remain : verb stay, wait
  • As in reside : verb live or exist in
  • As in sojourn : verb travel briefly; visit
  • As in stay : verb wait
  • As in abide : verb live in a certain place
  • As in dwell : verb live in
Example sentences :
  • They must be killed at the fountain head, in their nesting places.
  • Extract from : « The Mayflower, January, 1905 » by Various
  • Birds'-nesting and orchard-robbing are not in season together.
  • Extract from : « The Bad Family and Other Stories » by Mrs. Fenwick
  • On one of these islands a small colony of herons were nesting.
  • Extract from : « Wood Folk at School » by William J. Long
  • They were late in nesting, for young veeries were out everywhere.
  • Extract from : « Little Brothers of the Air » by Olive Thorne Miller
  • He had his instincts, indeed, and at bird's-nesting they almost amounted to prophecy.
  • Extract from : « Dream Days » by Kenneth Grahame
  • But to send such a young fellow as that out a girl's-nesting!
  • Extract from : « Elsie Venner » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • They once adorned the mother bird at nesting time in some far marsh.
  • Extract from : « Conservation Reader » by Harold W. Fairbanks
  • In the spring, the return is stimulated by the nesting instinct.
  • Extract from : « Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study » by Ontario Ministry of Education
  • In nesting time the red-wing is indeed a citizen of the lowland.
  • Extract from : « The Log of the Sun » by William Beebe
  • You may seek in vain to discover the first sign of nesting among the birds.
  • Extract from : « The Log of the Sun » by William Beebe

Synonyms for nesting

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