nide


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nide

 (nīd)
n.
A nest or brood of pheasants.

[Latin nīdus, nest; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]
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nide

(naɪd)
n
(Zoology) another word for nye
[C17: from Latin nīdus nest]
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Nide

 a nest or brood of young birds. See also bike.
Examples: nide of eggs, 1896; of geese; of pheasants, 1679.
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Director NIDE Prof Akhtar Ali Baloch told the audience that the discovery of insulin is the reason of celebrating World Diabetes Day and spreading awareness about diabetes on 14th November.
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The vice chancellor of Dow University, Professor Dr M Saeed Quraishy and Director NIDE, Professor Dr Akhtar Ali Balouch also addressed the ceremony.
Masroor, Deputy Director, NIDE Dr Farid-Uddin, and Vice Dean, School of Public Health Dr Kashif Shafique, were the main speakers on the occasion.
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THURDAY'S WORD--BUILDER: Den, die, din, dine, diner, dire, end, ern, ide, ire, nerd, nide, red, rein, rend, rid, ride, rind.
(To "nide" means to nest, and thus the "`venin' nided in `Nineveh'" variant above is an apt one.) Used with the initial word or phrase of many of the items in the foregoing list, for example, the phrase yields such new variations as "`cat' nided in `tact,'" "Nel nided in Lent," "`abbas' nided in `sabbat,'" "milk nided in Klimt" and so on.
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