"nest" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

nest sustantivo

sustantivo + nest
Kolokacji: 25
bird nest • love nest • cup nest • stick nest • Owl nest • ...
nest + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 20
nest egg • nest site • nest box • nest building • nest hole • ...
nest + verbo
Kolokacji: 4
nest contains • nest lays • nest hangs • nest lines
verbo + nest
Kolokacji: 14
build a nest • leave the nest • make a nest • find a nest • nest is lined • ...
adjetivo + nest
Kolokacji: 30
empty nest • little nest • machine-gun nest • large nest • new nest • ...
(4) new, old
Kolokacji: 2
(5) warm, nearby
Kolokacji: 2
1. warm nest = ciepłe gniazdo warm nest
2. nearby nest = gniazdo znajdujące się obok nearby nest
  • In trials where tapes were played in an artificial nest with quail eggs, these nests were destroyed by predators before nearby "quiet" nests.
  • But if they have chosen wisely, terns and skimmers from nearby nests dutifully attack the threat.
  • The ramapithecus knew that this charade was intended to distract her from a nearby nest; but thoughts of bird-prey were far from her simple mind.
  • Meanwhile, desert-dwelling harvester ants block up nearby nests in an effort to maximise their food pickings.
  • Pilgrim had legends of nests with almost packish intelligence, of foresters who made treaties with nearby nests for protection in return for food.
  • The hosts will attempt to remove as many parasitoids as possible to prevent them from spreading to nearby nests.
  • When nest density is high a guardian male may fertilize nearby nests when the opportunity arises.
  • But the multiple sting threat that a nearby nest poses should be eliminated by targeting the nest.
  • He waved toward the nearby machine-gun nest.
  • F. sanguinea workers will also raid nearby nests, stealing larvae and pupae to become future workers for F. sanguinea.
(6) cup-shaped, spherical
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + nest
Kolokacji: 11
from one's nest • into one's nest • over one's Nest • with nests • for nests • ...

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