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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
- 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
- abide
- accommodate
- be intrinsic to
- be left
- be vested
- bestow
- bide
- bivouac
- board
- bunk
- bunk out
- canton
- cling
- consist
- continue
- crash
- dally
- delay
- dig
- domicile
- dwell
- endure
- entertain
- establish oneself
- exist
- flop
- freeze
- go on
- halt
- hang
- hang about
- hang around
- hang in
- hang one's hat
- hang out
- harbor
- hold over
- hold the fort
- hole up
- hostel
- house
- hover
- inhabit
- inhere
- keep house
- keep on
- lag
- last
- lie
- linger
- live
- locate
- lodge
- loiter
- make camp
- make one's home
- nest
- occupy
- outlast
- outlive
- outstay
- park
- pause
- people
- perch
- persist
- pitch tent
- populate
- prevail
- procrastinate
- put down roots
- put on hold
- put up
- quarter
- remain
- remain standing
- rent
- reprieve
- reside
- respite
- rest
- rest with
- room
- roost
- settle
- shelter
- sit out
- sit through
- sit tight
- sojourn
- squat
- stand
- station
- stay
- stay behind
- stay in
- stay out
- stay over
- stay put
- stick around
- stop
- survive
- sweat
- sweat it out
- take up residence
- tarry
- tenant
- tent
- vacation
- visit
- wait
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