birdnesting
birdnesting is the present participle and gerund of birdnest.
Meaning of birdnest
Verb
birdnest (third-person singular simple present birdnests, present participle birdnesting, simple past and past participle birdnested)
- 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
- 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
- To collect eggs from bird's nests.
Noun
birdnesting (countable and uncountable, plural birdnestings)
Forms of birdnesting
| plural | birdnestings |
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Origin of birdnesting
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
From birdnest + -ing (gerund ending).
Questions about birdnesting
- What does birdnesting mean?
- Birdnesting means the act or process of collecting bird eggs.
- What is birdnesting the present participle and gerund of?
- Birdnesting is the present participle and gerund of birdnest.
- What part of speech is birdnesting?
- Birdnesting is a noun.
- What is the plural of birdnesting?
- The plural of birdnesting is birdnestings.
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