A fortified position for a weapon.
An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.
A home that a child or young adult shares with a parent or guardian.
A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.
A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively.
The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself.
A circular bed of pasta, rice, etc. to be topped or filled with other foods.
A snug, comfortable, or cosy residence or job situation.
A structure consisting of nested structures, such as nested loops or nested subroutine calls.
A retreat, or place of habitual resort.
A hideout for bad people to frequent or haunt; a den.
A place used by another mammal, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young.
A fixed number of cards in some bidding games awarded to the highest bidder allowing him to exchange any or all with cards in his hand.
To successively neatly fit inside another.
To place one thing neatly inside another, and both inside yet another (and so on).
To build or settle into a nest.
To hunt for birds' nests or their contents (usually "go nesting").
To settle into a home.
To place in, or as if in, a nest.
The move of a piece from a threatened position.
A peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security.
The act of reversing direction and receding from a forward position.
A bugle call or drumbeat signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset, as on a military base.
A military ceremony to lower the flag.
A period of retirement, seclusion, or solitude.
A period of meditation, prayer or study.
The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
A signal for a military withdrawal.
Withdrawal by military force from a dangerous position or from enemy attack.
To slope back.
To withdraw military forces
To shrink back due to generally warmer temperatures.
To withdraw from a position, go back.
a retreating forehead