Lair

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The den or dwelling of a wild animal.
  • n. A den or hideaway.
  • n. Obsolete A resting place; a couch.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.
  • n. A place inhabited by a criminal or criminals, a superhero or a supervillain.
  • v. To mire.
  • v. To become mired.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A place in which to lie or rest; especially, the bed or couch of a wild beast.
  • n. A burying place.
  • n. A pasture; sometimes, food.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A place in which to lie or rest; a bed; a couch: now used only of, or with figurative reference to, the den or resting-place of a wild beast.
  • n. A litter, as of rabbits; a stock.
  • n. An open pasture; a field.
  • n. Aportion of a burying-ground affording space sufficient for one or more graves; a burial-plot.
  • n. A Scotch form of lore.
  • n. Clay; earth.
  • n. Mire; a bog; a quagmire.
  • n. Soil; land; ground: in this sense probably confused with lair, 3.
  • To sink when wading in snow, mud, or quagmire.
  • To put or have put in a lair or den.
  • To shelter; hold as in a lair.
  • To lie (on); rest inactively.
  • To enter a lair; lie down (in); lurk.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the habitation of wild animals
  • Verb Form
    laired    lairing    lairs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    habitation   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    pasture    bed    form    nest    couch    house    earth    burrow    lodge    kennel   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Adair    Aer    Altair    Astaire    Ayre    Baer    Bear    Blair    Cher    Clair   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    den    cavern    nook    maw    dungeon    fang    glade    stronghold    grotto    retreat