nesting

About 2.12 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of nest
2. noun The process by which a bird nests.
3. noun An arrangement by which one thing is nested inside another.

   the nesting of Russian dolls

4. noun The enclosure of one self-contained element of code inside another.

Similar words

nestling brooding bird brood spawning oviposition breeding reproductive breed reproducing

Often followed by

in sites of season birds and site on habits