[{"word":"nesting","phonetic":"/ˈnɛstɪŋ/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈnɛstɪŋ/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"(of animals) To build or settle into a nest.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To settle into a home.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"We loved the new house and were nesting there in two days!"},{"definition":"To successively neatly fit inside another.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I bought a set of nesting mixing bowls for my mother."},{"definition":"To place in, or as if in, a nest.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To place one thing neatly inside another, and both inside yet another (and so on).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"There would be much more room in the attic if you had nested all the empty boxes."},{"definition":"To hunt for birds' nests or their contents (usually \"go nesting\").","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The process by which a bird nests.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The enclosure of one loop, block, etc. of code inside another.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nest","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nesting"]}]