"nesting" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnɛstɪŋ/ Forms: nestings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} nesting (countable and uncountable, plural nestings)
  1. The process by which a bird nests. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: nestage Translations (the process by which a bird nests): nidificació [masculine] (Catalan), nidification [feminine] (French), gniazdowanie (Polish)
    Sense id: en-nesting-en-noun-8QSo-kt1 Disambiguation of 'the process by which a bird nests': 98 1 1
  2. An arrangement by which one thing is nested inside another. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-nesting-en-noun-MEGyljhX
  3. (programming) The enclosure of one self-contained element of code inside another. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Programming Synonyms: imbrication Translations (computing: enclosure of one loop, block, etc. of code inside another): aniuament [masculine] (Catalan), nästling [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-nesting-en-noun-en:language_structure Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences Disambiguation of 'computing: enclosure of one loop, block, etc. of code inside another': 1 26 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bird-nesting, nesting box, nesting doll

Verb

IPA: /ˈnɛstɪŋ/
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} nesting
  1. present participle and gerund of nest Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: nest
    Sense id: en-nesting-en-verb-yJwEZ1VS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 29 17 40 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 13 27 20 40

Inflected forms

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