nesting
pronunciation
How to pronounce nesting in British English:
UK [nestɪŋ]
How to pronounce nesting in American English:
US [nestɪŋ]
Word Origin
- nesting (adj.)
- 1650s, "making or using a nest," past participle adjective from nest (v.). Of objects, "fitted into one another," from 1934.
Example
- 1. Few other land predators are able to reach the precarious nesting ledges .
- 2. As of 1999 , twenty-six pairs of nesting bald eagles have been documented .
- 3. However , at least you can reduce the nesting .
- 4. The survey also found that birds were altering their nesting and migration patterns , and travelling further to find food .
- 5. She describes how ecosystems can be designed : nesting birds can be encouraged to breed on a site by manipulating it to suit them , for example .