Synonyms of the word

nidus

• n. An aggregate of neurons.
• n. A nest for insects or small animals.
• n. A locus of infection in an organism.
• n. An originating point for a phenomenon.

focus

• n. (countable, optics) A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.
• n. (countable, geometry) A point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge.
• n. (uncountable, photography, cinematography) The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.
• n. (uncountable, photography, cinematography) The quality of the convergence of light on the photographic…
• n. (uncountable) Concentration of attention.
• n. (countable, seismology) The exact point of where an earthquake occurs, in three dimensions (underneath…
• n. (computing, graphical user interface) The indicator of the currently active element in a user interface.
• n. (linguistics) The most important word or phrase in a sentence or passage, or the one that imparts information.
• v. (transitive) To cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point.
• v. (transitive) To adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the…
• v. (transitive, followed by on or upon) To concentrate one's attention.
• v. (intransitive) To concentrate one’s attention.
• v. (computing, graphical user interface, transitive) To transfer the input focus to (a visual element), so…

nest

• n. A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
• n. A place used by another mammal, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young.
• n. A snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or job situation.
• n. A retreat, or place of habitual resort.
• n. A hideout for bad people to frequent or haunt; a den.
• n. A home that a child or young adult shares with a parent, guardian, or a person acting in the capacity…
• n. (card games) A fixed number of cards in some bidding games awarded to the highest bidder allowing him…
• n. (military) A fortified position for a weapon, e.g. a machine gun nest.
• n. (computing) A structure consisting of nested structures, such as nested loops or nested subroutine calls.
• n. A circular bed of pasta, rice, etc. to be topped or filled with other foods.
• n. (geology) An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.
• n. A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.
• n. A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively.
• v. (intransitive, of animals) To build or settle into a nest.
• v. (intransitive) To settle into a home.
• v. (intransitive) To successively neatly fit inside another.
• v. (transitive) To place in, or as if in, a nest.
• v. (transitive) To place one thing neatly inside another, and both inside yet another (and so on).
• v. (intransitive) To hunt for birds' nests or their contents (usually "go nesting").

point

• n. A discrete division of something.
• n. A sharp extremity.
• n. (heraldry) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon.
• n. (nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
• n. (historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
• n. Lace worked by the needle.
• n. (US, slang, dated) An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.
• n. The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
• n. (falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
• n. The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
• n. The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
• n. (medicine, obsolete) A vaccine point.
• n. In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position.
• v. (intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or…
• v. (intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
• v. (intransitive) To face in a particular direction.
• v. (transitive) To direct toward an object; to aim.
• v. To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
• v. (intransitive) To indicate a probability of something.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.
• v. (transitive, masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or…
• v. (stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
• v. (transitive) To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
• v. (transitive, mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
• v. (transitive) To mark with diacritics.
• v. (dated) To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate.
• v. (transitive, computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location…
• v. (transitive, Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that…
• v. (intransitive, nautical) To sail close to the wind.
• v. (intransitive, hunting) To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting…
• v. (medicine, of an abscess) To approximate to the surface; to head.
• v. (obsolete) To appoint.
• v. (dated) To give particular prominence to; to designate in a special manner; to point out.