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nest
verb [I] /nest/Definition
(Definition of nest verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Animal (non-human) behaviour
Synonyms and related words:
- dawn chorus noun
- gore verb
- hibernate verb
- maul verb (ANIMAL)
- moult verb
- perch verb
- savage adjective
- savage verb
- scavenge verb
- scratch verb (CUT)
- shy verb (HORSES)
- slough sth off phrasal verb
- snap at sb's heels idiom
- snarl verb
- stampede noun
- stampede verb
- suspended animation noun
- tame adjective (NOT WILD)
- tame verb
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