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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