BIRD-NEST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bird-nest mean? 

• BIRD-NEST (verb)
  The verb BIRD-NEST has 1 sense:

1. gather birdnests

  Familiarity information: BIRD-NEST used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIRD-NEST (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gather birdnests

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

bird-nest; birdnest

Context example:

They went birdnesting in the early morning

Hypernyms (to "bird-nest" is one way to...):

collect; garner; gather; pull together (assemble or get together)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP