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nestsnounpl. of nest a place or environment that favors the development of somethingsuspected that the elite private universities were a nest of antigovernment sentiments breeding grounds, hotbeds, hothouses, nidi(or niduses), nurseries, seedbeds, seminaries cruciblesbases, capitals, centers, cores, cynosures, eyes, foci(also focuses), hearts, hubs, meccas, nuclei(also nucleuses), seatsfoci(also focuses), headquarters a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid othersheaded back to her cozy nest in the mountains for a little rest and relaxation concealments, coverts, dens, hermitages, hideaways, hideouts, hidey-holes(or hidy-holes), lairs blinds, covers, nooks, recesseshangouts, harborages, harbors, haunts, havens, redoubts, refuges, retreats, shelters |