birdnest

birdnest is the alternative form of bird's nest.

Verb

birdnest (third-person singular simple present birdnests, present participle birdnesting, simple past and past participle birdnested)

(ambitransitive) To make or nestle in a bird's nest.
- Lennard knew well every nook, crevice, and shelf of the quarry; on many a day in boyhood he had birdnested among the gorse that fringed its mouth, or fished for minnows and "pow-wowets" with a luggie and string in the slimy pool at the bottom; […]1869, James Grant, The Girl He Married, volume 2, page 122
(intransitive) To become entangled or dishevelled, like a bird's nest.
- As currently produced, this type of fiber is entangled, or birdnested, and resembles cotton (except for the color).1999, T.D. Burchell, Carbon Materials for Advanced Technologies, page 164
(intransitive) To collect eggs from bird's nests.

bird's nest (plural bird's nests or birds' nests)

A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate its eggs and rear its young.
Any of several plants having some resemblance to the typical nest of a bird, eg., the wild carrot (Daucus carota).
Any tangle of fibers resembling a typical nest of a bird.

Noun
plural	birdnests
Verb
third-person singular present	birdnests
present participle	birdnesting
past participle	birdnested
past	birdnested

What does birdnest mean?: Birdnest means to make or nestle in a bird's nest.
What is birdnest the alternative form of?: Birdnest is the alternative form of bird's nest.
What part of speech is birdnest?: Birdnest is a verb.
What is the past tense of birdnest?: The past tense of birdnest is birdnested.

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