A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
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 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.
A fortified position for a weapon.
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.
A bird, the dotterel.
Flatus.
Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip. (Used with catch, often in the past tense.)
The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury.
The ability to breathe easily.
Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.
A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the "four winds".
The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.
One of the five basic elements in Indian and Japanese models of the Classical elements.
Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds.
Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
To perceive or follow by scent.
To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed.
To cause to move by exerting a winding force; to haul or hoist, as by a winch.
To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.
To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.
To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock.
To travel in a way that is not straight.
To cover or surround with something coiled about.
To turn (a ship) around, end for end.
To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind.
To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc.