nidify

nidify
ˈnɪdɪfaɪ = nidificate (книжное) вить гнездо nidify = nidificate

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь. 2001.

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  • nidify — [nid′əfi kāt΄] n. nidificated, nidificating [nid′ə fī΄] vi. nidified, nidifying [L nidificare < nidus, NEST + facere, to make, DO1] to build a nest: also nidificate [nid′əfi kāt΄] n. ni …   English World dictionary

  • nidify — verb /ˈnɪd.əˌfaɪ/ 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,… …   Wiktionary

  • nidify — /nid euh fuy /, v.i., nidified, nidifying. nidificate. [1650 60; < L nidificare to build a nest, equiv. to nid (s. of nidus) NEST + ificare IFY] * * * …   Universalium

  • nidify — nid·i·fy || nɪdɪfaɪ v. build a nest; nest …   English contemporary dictionary

  • nidify — nid·i·fy …   English syllables

  • nidify — /ˈnɪdəfaɪ/ (say niduhfuy) verb (i) (nidified, nidifying) → nidificate …  

  • nidify — v.intr. ( ies, ied) (of a bird) build a nest. Derivatives: nidification n. Etymology: L nidificare f. NIDUS nest …   Useful english dictionary

  • nidification — See nidify. * * * …   Universalium

  • dhē- — To set, put. Contracted from *dheə₁ . Derivatives include deed, doom, fashion, defeat, feckless, sacrifice, satisfy, face, and synthesis. I. Basic form …   Universalium

  • sed- — To sit. Derivatives include sit, soot, séance, siege, obsess, subside, soil1, and chair. I. Basic form *sed . 1. Suffixed form *sed yo . a. sit, from Old English sittan, to sit; …   Universalium

  • nidificate — nidification, n. nidificational, adj. /nid euh fi kayt /, v.i., nidificated, nidificating. to build a nest. [1810 20; < L nidificatus (ptp. of nidificare to build a nest); see NIDIFY, ATE1] * * * …   Universalium


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