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nesting

/ ˈɛɪŋ /

noun

  1. 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


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The cameras have captured badgers, foxes and hedgehogs as well as the nesting swifts.

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That investigation determined the rodents had been using the planters as routes to travel from their nesting area to access food sources.

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It was a Russian nesting doll of menswear, with allusions to every tool in Browne’s prodigious toolbox of suiting.

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There could also be some sightings of rare visitors such as the exotic European bee-eater, which have recently begun nesting in the UK.

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The coffins used for previous papal burials consisted of three nesting coffins made of cypress, lead and oak - but Pope Francis asked to be buried in a simple wooden casket.

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