Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to nest
Participle: nested
Gerund: nesting
Indicative
Present
| I | nest |
| you | nest |
| he;she;it | nests |
| we | nest |
| you | nest |
| they | nest |
Perfect
| I | have nested |
| you | have nested |
| he;she;it | has nested |
| we | have nested |
| you | have nested |
| they | have nested |
Past
| I | nested |
| you | nested |
| he;she;it | nested |
| we | nested |
| you | nested |
| they | nested |
Pluperfect
| I | had nested |
| you | had nested |
| he;she;it | had nested |
| we | had nested |
| you | had nested |
| they | had nested |
Future
| I | will nest |
| you | will nest |
| he;she;it | will nest |
| we | will nest |
| you | will nest |
| they | will nest |
Future Perfect
| I | will have nested |
| you | will have nested |
| he;she;it | will have nested |
| we | will have nested |
| you | will have nested |
| they | will have nested |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | nest |
| you | nest |
| he;she;it | nest |
| we | nest |
| you | nest |
| they | nest |
Perfect
| I | have nested |
| you | have nested |
| he;she;it | have nested |
| we | have nested |
| you | have nested |
| they | have nested |
Imperfect
| I | nested |
| you | nested |
| he;she;it | nested |
| we | nested |
| you | nested |
| they | nested |
Pluperfect
| I | had nested |
| you | had nested |
| he;she;it | had nested |
| we | had nested |
| you | had nested |
| they | had nested |
Conditional
Present
| I | would nest |
| you | would nest |
| he;she;it | would nest |
| we | would nest |
| you | would nest |
| they | would nest |
Perfect
| I | would have nested |
| you | would have nested |
| he;she;it | would have nested |
| we | would have nested |
| you | would have nested |
| they | would have nested |
Imperative
| you | nest |
| we | Let's nest |
| you | nest |
Verbs conjugated like 'nest'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'nest'
best,
jest,
lest,
nesh,
net,
rest,
test,
vest,
west,
zest,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English nesten, nisten, from Old English nistan, nistian, from Proto-West Germanic *nistijan (“to nest, build a nest”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian näästje (“to nest”), Dutch nesten (“to nest”), German Low German nüsten (“to nest”), German nisten (“to nest”). See: Frisian, Saterlandic 'näästje', Dutch '
nesten', German, old spelling '
nisten'.
Verbs referencing "nest"
Finnish with old forms
nestata.
Sample Sentences
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We loved the new house and were nesting there in two days!
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I bought a set of nesting mixing bowls for my mother.
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There would be much more room in the attic if you had nested all the empty boxes.
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After the first heavy frost, when acorns were falling, I took a friend into partnership and went nesting. [1895, Alfred Emanuel Smith, Francis Walton, (Please provide the book title or journal name):]