# nesting

Pronunciation: say "NES-ting" /ˈnɛstɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The process by which a bird builds a nest and raises its young.
   - Simple: The time when a bird builds a nest and lays its eggs.
   - _Nesting begins in early spring for most songbirds._
   - _Disturbance during nesting can cause birds to abandon their eggs._
3. An arrangement in which one item is placed inside another.
   - Simple: A way of placing one thing inside another, then inside another again.
   - _The nesting of these storage containers keeps the kitchen drawers tidy._
   - _Furniture designers rely on nesting to fold three tables into one compact unit._
4. The placement of one self-contained piece of code inside another.
   - Simple: When one part of a computer program is placed inside another part.
   - _Excessive nesting of conditional statements often signals a need to refactor the code._
   - _The script became unreadable because of the deep nesting of loops._

## Verb

2. Present participle of nest. — present participle and gerund of nest
   - Simple: Present participle of nest. Use this form for something happening right now.
   - _A pair of robins is nesting under the eaves of the porch._
   - _The sea turtles are nesting on the beach throughout the night._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/nesting (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).