Nest

Nest

A nest is a place of refuge to hold an animal's eggs or provide a place to live or raise offspring. They are usually made of some organic material such as twigs, grass, and leaves; or may simply be a depression in the ground, or a hole in a tree, rock or building. Human-made materials, such as string, plastic, cloth, hair or paper, may also be used.

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Famous quotes containing the word nest:

    “... Or how should love be worth its pains were it not
    That when he has fallen asleep within my arms,
    Being wearied out, I love in man the child?
    What can they know of love that do not know
    She builds her nest upon a narrow ledge
    Above a windy precipice?”
    William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    This face is a dog’s snout sniffing for garbage,
    Snakes nest in that mouth, I hear the sibilant threat.
    Walt Whitman (1819–1892)

    He builds a big town with his mouth, but not even a fly’s nest with his hands.
    —Estonian. Trans. by Ilse Lehiste (1993)