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nest

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1HBB [intransitive] to build or use a nest:
They say eagles used to nest in those rocks.
2TD [transitive] to organize information, especially in a computer program, so that some of the information is recognized as separate but is included or contained in a larger part of the information:
Phrases are nested in the dictionary entry for the first major word.
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