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Meaning of "bird's-nest" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BIRD'S-NEST

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BIRD'S-NEST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bird's-Nest is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb bird's-nest in English.

WHAT DOES BIRD'S-NEST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bird's-nest in the English dictionary

The definition of bird's-nest in the dictionary is to search for the nests of birds in order to collect the eggs.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BIRD'S-NEST

PRESENT

Present
I bird´s-nest
you bird´s-nest
he/she/it bird´s-nests
we bird´s-nest
you bird´s-nest
they bird´s-nest
Present continuous
I am bird´s-nesting
you are bird´s-nesting
he/she/it is bird´s-nesting
we are bird´s-nesting
you are bird´s-nesting
they are bird´s-nesting
Present perfect
I have bird´s-nested
you have bird´s-nested
he/she/it has bird´s-nested
we have bird´s-nested
you have bird´s-nested
they have bird´s-nested
Present perfect continuous
I have been bird´s-nesting
you have been bird´s-nesting
he/she/it has been bird´s-nesting
we have been bird´s-nesting
you have been bird´s-nesting
they have been bird´s-nesting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I bird´s-nested
you bird´s-nested
he/she/it bird´s-nested
we bird´s-nested
you bird´s-nested
they bird´s-nested
Past continuous
I was bird´s-nesting
you were bird´s-nesting
he/she/it was bird´s-nesting
we were bird´s-nesting
you were bird´s-nesting
they were bird´s-nesting
Past perfect
I had bird´s-nested
you had bird´s-nested
he/she/it had bird´s-nested
we had bird´s-nested
you had bird´s-nested
they had bird´s-nested
Past perfect continuous
I had been bird´s-nesting
you had been bird´s-nesting
he/she/it had been bird´s-nesting
we had been bird´s-nesting
you had been bird´s-nesting
they had been bird´s-nesting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will bird´s-nest
you will bird´s-nest
he/she/it will bird´s-nest
we will bird´s-nest
you will bird´s-nest
they will bird´s-nest
Future continuous
I will be bird´s-nesting
you will be bird´s-nesting
he/she/it will be bird´s-nesting
we will be bird´s-nesting
you will be bird´s-nesting
they will be bird´s-nesting
Future perfect
I will have bird´s-nested
you will have bird´s-nested
he/she/it will have bird´s-nested
we will have bird´s-nested
you will have bird´s-nested
they will have bird´s-nested
Future perfect continuous
I will have been bird´s-nesting
you will have been bird´s-nesting
he/she/it will have been bird´s-nesting
we will have been bird´s-nesting
you will have been bird´s-nesting
they will have been bird´s-nesting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would bird's-nest
you would bird's-nest
he/she/it would bird's-nest
we would bird's-nest
you would bird's-nest
they would bird's-nest
Conditional continuous
I would be bird´s-nesting
you would be bird´s-nesting
he/she/it would be bird´s-nesting
we would be bird´s-nesting
you would be bird´s-nesting
they would be bird´s-nesting
Conditional perfect
I would have bird's-nest
you would have bird's-nest
he/she/it would have bird's-nest
we would have bird's-nest
you would have bird's-nest
they would have bird's-nest
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been bird´s-nesting
you would have been bird´s-nesting
he/she/it would have been bird´s-nesting
we would have been bird´s-nesting
you would have been bird´s-nesting
they would have been bird´s-nesting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you bird´s-nest
we let´s bird´s-nest
you bird´s-nest
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to bird´s-nest
Past participle
bird´s-nested
Present Participle
bird´s-nesting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BIRD'S-NEST

bird-watcher
bird´s foot
bird´s nest
bird´s-eye
bird´s-eye chilli
bird´s-eye primrose
bird´s-eye speedwell
bird´s-eye view
bird´s-foot
bird´s-foot trefoil
bird´s-nest fungus
bird´s-nest orchid
bird´s-nest soup
birdbath
birdcage
birddog
birddogged
birddogging
birder
birdfarm

WORDS THAT END LIKE BIRD'S-NEST

bird´s nest
crow´s nest
crow´s-nest
dishonest
disnest
earnest
feather one´s nest
finest
funest
honest
hornet´s nest
in earnest
love nest
mare´s-nest
nest
renest
soonest
thinnest
trapnest
underhonest

Synonyms and antonyms of bird's-nest in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bird's-nest» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BIRD'S-NEST

Find out the translation of bird's-nest to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bird's-nest from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bird's-nest» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

鸟巢
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nido de pájaro
570 millions of speakers

English

bird´s-nest
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

bird´s - घोंसला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عش الطير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

птичьего гнезда
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pássaro-ninho
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাখির বাসা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nid d´oiseau
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

sarang burung
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Vogelnest
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

鳥瞰巣
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

bird´s - 둥지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Manuk sarang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

toàn cảnh tổ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பறவையின் கூடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पक्ष्याचे घरटे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kuş´un yuvası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dall´alto nido
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lotu gniazdo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пташиного гнізда
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vizualizare ´ - cuib
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πουλιού φωλιά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vogelvlucht - nes
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fågel- boet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fuglerede
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bird's-nest

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BIRD'S-NEST»

The term «bird's-nest» is regularly used and occupies the 69.393 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BIRD'S-NEST» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bird's-nest» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bird's-nest» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bird's-nest

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BIRD'S-NEST»

Discover the use of bird's-nest in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bird's-nest and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Bird's Nest
The unsettling story of a young woman's descent into mental illness, from the author of The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived at the Castle.
Shirley Jackson, 2014
2
The Girl with the Bird's-nest Hair
No one really likes brushing their hair, but the girl in this delightfully anarchic tale finds out the hard way just what it means to ignore your mother's pleading to 'brush your hair'!First there is one little bird making the hair hard to ...
‎2009
3
Bird's Nest Soup
Hanna Greally recounts with vivid detail the terrible suffering she endured in a psychiatric hospital in the Irish Midlands in the 1940s and 50s as a ""mentally well, but unclaimed"" patient.
Hanna Greally, 2009
4
A Blind Bird's Nest
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Mary Williamina Findlater, 2009
5
The Yellow-eyed Bird's Nest
In the valley of the Umgeni River in Africa, Seelan is sad that someone is destroying the nests of the birds he loves, and so ten-year-old Ravi suggests they ask Uncle Jay for help in finding and punishing the guilty party.
Manichand Beharilal, 2002
6
The Messiah Texts
"If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree or on the ground, [ with] young ones or eggs, and the mother [bird] sitteth upon the young or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the mother with the sons. Thou must send away- the  ...
Raphael Patai, 1988
7
Food in China: A Cultural and Historical Inquiry
Mencius (translated by James Legge) Bird's Nest Shark's Fin Bear's Paw Beche- de-Mer In his Musings of a Chinese gourmet, F. T. Cheng (1954) singles out for attention ten of China's most renowned delicacies. We have considered certain of  ...
Frederick J. Simoons, 1990
8
U.S. Geological Survey Water-supply Paper
Recharge Recharge to the bird's-nest aquifer is from infiltration of streamflow from Evacuation Creek and downward leakage from the Uinta Formation. Upward leakage from the Douglas Creek aquifer and precipitation falling on the outcrop of ...
9
A Companion to the Works of Grimmelshausen
The connection to Springinsfeld has to do with the first-person narrator, a young halberdier who receives from Springinsfeld's wife, a hurdy-gurdy player, a bird's nest that makes its wearer invisible. The main characters of Wunderbarliches ...
Karl F. Otto, 2003
10
Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians
The Bird's Nest fungi are related to pufifballs. Their spores are produced within the "eggs" (peridioles). The peridioles are dislodged from the "nest" by raindrops that hit the cup and spatter them outward. Each peridiole has a sticky tail-like ...
William C. Roody

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BIRD'S-NEST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bird's-nest is used in the context of the following news items.
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I so miss the days when real men wore diamond sweaters writes LIZ …
Being a man on TV these days means being a smart arse with bird's-nest hair, which has led to a generation of young boys growing up thinking ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
Child's play at Soneva Fushi's Den
There's a model pirate ship on the beach that extends to a the 14m tunnel, lined in a bird's-nest tangle of roots and branches. That connects to ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Bird's-Nest [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/birds-nest-1>. Apr 2024 ».
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