SpellRight › Spelling
Uncommonnested
The correct spelling is nested.
How to pronounce nested
verb
Say it like: Nes-ted
The correct spelling is nested. (of animals) To build or settle into a nest. For example: "We loved the new house and were nesting there in two days!"
Usage Examples
“We loved the new house and were nesting there in two days!”
“I bought a set of nesting mixing bowls for my mother.”
“There would be much more room in the attic if you had nested all the empty boxes.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.(of animals) To build or settle into a nest.
- 2.To settle into a home.
- 3.To successively neatly fit inside another.
- 4.To place in, or as if in, a nest.
- 5.To place one thing neatly inside another, and both inside yet another (and so on).
adjective
- 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.
Similar words
Words related in meaning — check their spelling too.