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nidify

/ˈnɪd.əˌfaɪ/

nidify verb: to make a nest.

Verb

nidify (third-person singular simple present nidifies, present participle nidifying, simple past and past participle nidified)

  1. To make a nest.
    • It is only within the last few years that naturalists have clearly determined that some species of fish make nests for the reception of their spawn […] Five or six kinds are now ascertained to nidify; and of these, two belong to the genus Gasterosteus […]1854, Albany Hancock, “Observations on the Nidification of Gasterosteus aculeatus and Gasterosteus spinachia”, in The Zoologist, 12: 4409
    • […] it may originally have explained why dung beetles do not appear when eagles nidify; […]1997, Gert-Jan van Dijk, Ainoi, Logoi, Mythoi: Fables in Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic Greek Culture, page 206

nidify meaning in Tamil and Urdu

nidify in Tamil

கூடு கட்டு

nidify in Urdu

گھونسلا بنانا

Synonyms of nidify

Forms of nidify

third-person singular presentnidifies
present participlenidifying
past participlenidified
pastnidified

Origin of nidify

First attested in 1656; borrowed from Latin nīdificō (“to build a nest”), from nīdus (“nest”) + -ficō (“to make, build”). Doublet of nidificate and cognate with French nidifier.

Questions about nidify

What does nidify mean?
Nidify means to make a nest.
What is nidify in Tamil?
Nidify in Tamil is கூடு கட்டு. See Nidify meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is nidify?
Nidify is a verb.
How do you pronounce nidify?
Nidify is pronounced /ˈnɪd.əˌfaɪ/ (UK).
What is the past tense of nidify?
The past tense of nidify is nidified.

Words near nidify in the dictionary

  1. nidifications
  2. nidified
  3. nidiform
  4. nidifugal
  5. nidifugous
  6. nidify
  7. nidifying
  8. nidimental
  9. niding
  10. nidings
  11. nidiologist

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