nest

[US]/nest/
[UK]/nest/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. mbinu ambayo wanyama hupiga mizigo au hupitia mizigo yao na ambayo wanaishi au wapiga mizigo yao
vi. kujenga au kushirikisha kwenye mbinu
Word Forms
Past Participlenested
Pluralnests
Present Participlenesting
Third Person Singularnests
Past Tensenested

Phrases & Collocations

bird's nest

mguu wa mnyama

build a nest

kujenga mguu

empty nest

kia tupu

nest egg

kuku la mchumia

feathered nest

kiota chenye mabawa

nesting instinct

mipango ya kuvunja

nesting material

materaili ya kujenga mguu

nesting season

mipango ya kujenga mguu

bird nest

mguu wa mnyama

hornet's nest

mguu wa mnyama mwenye mguu

mare's nest

mguu wa mnyama wa mdomo

empty nest syndrome

syndrome ya kia tupu

Example Sentences

a nest of spies.

kifua cha matawala.

a nest of hornets.

kifua cha miguu.

a nest of tables.

kifua cha meza.

the cabinet was a nest of intrigue.

baraza ilikuwa kiota cha hapa na pale.

a scarce nester in Britain.

mwenye kifua mwenyewe katika Uingereza.

a nest of criminal activity.

kifua cha uamani wa mafuta.

The palace was a nest of intrigue.

Majengo yalikuwa kifua cha mazoea.

hollow out a nest in the sand.

kuchafua nyumba katika mawe.

the mare's nest of perfect safety.

mazama ya mare ya usalama wa kuzama.

the owls often nest in barns.

miguu hujifua kwa maboma.

a nested relative clause.

mstari mrefu mrefu.

a nest of drinking cup

mipango ya chafu.

nest dishes in the cabinet

fua chakula kwenye mafuta.

the empty nest syndrome

moyo wa kifua kikisikika.

the pensile nest of the Baltimore oriole.

kifua cha mguu wa Baltimore oriole.

to nest dishes in the cabinet

fua chakula kwenye mafuta.

Most birds nest in a tree.

majani manyi hujifua kwenye mti.

The nesting instinct is proper to birds.

Instinkti ya kusafiri ni kwa mbwa.

This nest is called the mixed nests is indeed heterogeneous commensalism.

kifua hiki huitwa kifua mingi na ni ukozi wa mafuta mengine.

Real-world Examples

What are you doing? Building a nest. A nest?

Je kwa nini unewa? Kukimbua mshindi. Mshindi?

Source: Uncle teaches you to learn basic English.

Has the black hen left the nest?

Je mwekewe ya mawe amekwisha mshindi?

Source: American Original Language Arts Volume 1

Leave the nest and stay over here.

Toka mshindi na uche kwa hapa.

Source: Vox opinion

It all began with an ant's nest.

Kila kuzaliwa na mshindi wa nyamakia.

Source: A Small Story, A Great Documentary

Entomologists think the insects might have a nest there.

Wanajua wa mizani wanasema mizani wana mshindi huko.

Source: CNN 10 Student English October 2020 Collection

What? - My robot wiped out the nest.

Je? - Robot yangu amekuwa mshindi.

Source: Modern Family - Season 05

You must be climbing towards the seagull's nest.

Unakimbia kwa mshindi wa mnyama wa bahari.

Source: Little Bear Charlie

They'll steal his hair to make a nest.

Wanakimbia kwa mshindi wa mnyama wa bahari.

Source: Young Sheldon - Season 1

Below stairs is very often a nest of vipers.

Chini ya makumbukumbu kwa mshindi wa mizani.

Source: And Then There Were None

They look like a bird's nest made of wire.

Wanasemekana kama mshindi wa mnyama uliokamwa na mizani.

Source: Beethoven lives upstairs from me.

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