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.