Showing results for nesting. Search instead for renesting.

nesting

British

/ ˈnɛstɪŋ /

noun

the tendency to arrange one's immediate surroundings, such as a work station, to create a place where one feels secure, comfortable, or in control

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Only male hedgehogs are chosen to avoid disturbing nesting females.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Jackie and Shadow have drawn widespread attention in recent years through a live trail camera operated by Friends of Big Bear Valley, which streams their nesting activity to thousands of viewers online.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Mr. Kress’s pioneering techniques, refined since 1973, have been deployed worldwide, nowhere more intensively than in Hawaii, where predators have nearly eliminated many species of nesting seabirds.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

“I did the nesting thing for six years,” she shares.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

“She’s here. You stole her,” the attic said, communicating through creaky timbers and the chittering sounds of rodents nesting in forgotten boxes of clothing.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023