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The correct spelling is nesting.
How to pronounce nesting
verb
IPA: /ˈnɛstɪŋ/
Say it like: Nes-tin-g
The correct spelling is nesting. (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).
noun
- 1.The process by which a bird nests.
- 2.The enclosure of one loop, block, etc. of code inside another.
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