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Nerving
- verb - get ready for something difficult or unpleasant
Nesting
- verb - fit together or fit inside; "nested bowls"
- gather nests
- inhabit a nest, usually after building; "birds are nesting outside my window every Spring"
- move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position; "We cuddled against each other to keep warm"; "The children snuggled into their sleeping bags"
Netting
- verb - a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave
- catch with a net; "net a fish"
- construct or form a web, as if by weaving
- creating nets
- make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million"
- yield as a net profit; "This sale netted me $1 million"
Nicking
- verb - cut a nick into
- cut slightly, with a razor; "The barber's knife nicked his cheek"
- divide or reset the tail muscles of; "nick horses"
- mate successfully; of livestock
- stolen
Nipping
- verb - capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"
- give a small sharp bite to; "The Queen's corgis always nip at her staff's ankles"
- pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather"
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers"
- squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle"
Nixxing
- verb - command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"
Nocking
- verb - In Archery, grooves at either end of a bow for holding the bowstring.
- make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it"
Nodding
- verb - be almost asleep; "The old man sat nodding by the fireplace"
- express or signify by nodding; "He nodded his approval"
- having branches or flower heads that bend downward; "nodding daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers"
- let the head fall forward through drowsiness; "The old man was nodding in his chair"
- lower and raise the head, as to indicate assent or agreement or confirmation; "The teacher nodded when the student gave the right answer"
- sway gently back and forth, as in a nodding motion; "the flowers were nodding in the breeze"
Nogging
- noun - rough brick masonry used to fill in the gaps in a wooden frame