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Meaning of nested

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

nested

verb

Definitions

  1. (of animals) To build or settle into a nest.

  2. To settle into a home.

    Example: We loved the new house and were nesting there in two days!

  3. To successively neatly fit inside another.

    Example: I bought a set of nesting mixing bowls for my mother.

  4. To place in, or as if in, a nest.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Embedded.

  2. Successively fitted one inside another.

  3. (Of a lexical item) contained within a dictionary entry as a subordinate term of the main headword.