Nest vs. Perch

Nestnoun

A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.

Perchnoun

Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.

Nestnoun

A place used by another mammal, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young.

Perchnoun

Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:

Nestnoun

A snug, comfortable, or cosy residence or job situation.

Perchnoun

(South Africa) Acanthopagrus berda

Nestnoun

A retreat, or place of habitual resort.

Perchnoun

(Ghana) Distichodus engycephalus, Distichodus rostratus

Nestnoun

A hideout for bad people to frequent or haunt; a den.

‘a nest of thieves’; ‘That nightclub is a nest of strange people!’;

Perchnoun

(Australia) Johnius belangerii, Macquaria ambigua, Macquaria colonorum, Macquaria novemaculeat, Nemadactylus macropterus

Nestnoun

A home that a child or young adult shares with a parent or guardian.

‘I am aspiring to leave the nest.’;

Perchnoun

(USA) Kyphosus azureus

Nestnoun

(cards) A fixed number of cards in some bidding games awarded to the highest bidder allowing him to exchange any or all with cards in his hand.

‘I was forced to change trumps when I found the ace, jack, and nine of diamonds in the nest.’;

Perchnoun

(UK) Lateolabrax japonicus, Tautogolabrus adspersus

Nestnoun

(military) A fortified position for a weapon.

‘a machine gun nest’;

Perchnoun

Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.

Nestnoun

(computing) A structure consisting of nested structures, such as nested loops or nested subroutine calls.

Perchnoun

a rod, staff, or branch of a tree etc used as a roost by a bird

Nestnoun

A circular bed of pasta, rice, etc. to be topped or filled with other foods.

Perchnoun

a pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.

Nestnoun

(geology) An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.

Perchnoun

(figurative) a position that is secure and advantageous, especially one which is prominent or elevated

Nestnoun

A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.

Perchnoun

(figurative) a position that is overly elevated or haughty

Nestnoun

A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively.

Perchnoun

(dated) a linear measure of 2 yards, equal to a rod, a pole or 4 chain; the related square measure

Nestverb

To build or settle into a nest.

Perchnoun

a cubic measure of stonework equal to 16.6 × 1.5 × 1 feet

Nestverb

(intransitive) To settle into a home.

‘We loved the new house and were nesting there in two days!’;

Perchnoun

(textiles) a frame used to examine cloth

Nestverb

(intransitive) To successively neatly fit inside another.

‘I bought a set of nesting mixing bowls for my mother.’;

Perchnoun

a bar used to support a candle (especially in a church)

Nestverb

(transitive) To place in, or as if in, a nest.

Perchverb

(intransitive) To rest on (or as if on) a perch; to roost.

Nestverb

(transitive) To place one thing neatly inside another, and both inside yet another (and so on).

‘There would be much more room in the attic if you had nested all the empty boxes.’;

Perchverb

(intransitive) To stay in an elevated position.

Nestverb

(intransitive) To hunt for birds' nests or their contents (usually "go nesting").

Perchverb

(transitive) To place something on (or as if on) a perch.

Nestnoun

The bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young.

‘The birds of the air have nests.’;

Perchverb

To inspect cloth using a perch.

Nestnoun

The place in which the eggs of other animals, as insects, turtles, etc., are laid and hatched; a snug place in which young animals are reared.

Perchnoun

Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percidæ, as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flavescens syn. Perca Americana), and the European perch (Perca fluviatilis).

Nestnoun

A snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or situation; a retreat, or place of habitual resort; hence, those who occupy a nest, frequent a haunt, or are associated in the same pursuit; as, a nest of traitors; a nest of bugs.

‘A little cottage, like some poor man's nest.’;

Perchnoun

Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belonging to the Percidæ, Serranidæ, and related families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches.

Nestnoun

An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.

Perchnoun

A pole; a long staff; a rod; esp., a pole or other support for fowls to roost on or to rest on; a roost; figuratively, any elevated resting place or seat.

‘As chauntecleer among his wives allSat on his perche, that was in his hall.’; ‘Not making his high place the lawless perchOf winged ambitions.’;

Nestnoun

A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.

Perchnoun

A measure of length containing five and a half yards; a rod, or pole.

Nestnoun

A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively.

Perchnoun

A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.

Nestverb

To build and occupy a nest.

‘The king of birds nested within his leaves.’;

Perchverb

To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost.

‘Wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch.’;

Nestverb

To put into a nest; to form a nest for.

‘From him who nested himself into the chief power.’;

Perchverb

To place or to set on, or as on, a perch.

Nestnoun

a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young

Perchverb

To occupy as a perch.

Nestnoun

a kind of gun emplacement;

‘a machine-gun nest’; ‘a nest of snipers’;

Perchnoun

support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)

Nestnoun

a cosy or secluded retreat

Perchnoun

a linear measure of 16.5 feet

Nestnoun

a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality;

‘a nest of thieves’;

Perchnoun

a square rod of land

Nestnoun

furniture pieces made to fit close together

Perchnoun

an elevated place serving as a seat

Nestverb

inhabit a nest, usually after building;

‘birds are nesting outside my window every Spring’;

Perchnoun

any of numerous fishes of America and Europe

Nestverb

fit together or fit inside;

‘nested bowls’;

Perchnoun

spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes

Nestverb

move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position;

‘We cuddled against each other to keep warm’; ‘The children snuggled into their sleeping bags’;

Perchnoun

any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes

Nestverb

gather nests

Perchverb

sit, as on a branch;

‘The birds perched high in the treee’;

Nest

A nest is a structure built for certain animals to hold eggs, offspring, and, oftentimes, the animal itself. Although nests are most closely associated with birds, members of all classes of vertebrates and some invertebrates construct nests.

Perchverb

to come to rest, settle;

‘Misfortune lighted upon him’;

Perchverb

cause to perch or sit;

‘She perched her hat on her head’;

Perch

Perch is a common name for fish of the genus Perca, freshwater gamefish belonging to the family Percidae. The perch, of which three species occur in different geographical areas, lend their name to a large order of vertebrates: the Perciformes, from the Greek: πέρκη (perke), simply meaning perch, and the Latin forma meaning shape.