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den

1

[ den ]

noun

  1. the lair or shelter of a wild animal, especially a predatory mammal.
  2. a room, often secluded, in a house or apartment, designed to provide a quiet, comfortable, and informal atmosphere for conversation, reading, writing, etc.
  3. a cave used as a place of shelter or concealment.
  4. a squalid or vile abode or place:

    dens of misery.

  5. one of the units of a cub scout pack, analogous to a patrol in the Boy Scouts.


verb (used with object)

denned, denning.
  1. to drive or pursue (an animal) into its den.
  2. to kill (an animal) inside its den.

verb (used without object)

denned, denning.
  1. to live in or as if in a den.

Den.

2

abbreviation for

  1. Denmark.

Den.

1

abbreviation for

  1. Denmark
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

den

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noun

  1. the habitat or retreat of a lion or similar wild animal; lair
  2. a small or secluded room in a home, often used for carrying on a hobby
  3. a squalid or wretched room or retreat
  4. a site or haunt

    a den of vice

  5. a small wooded valley; dingle
  6. dialect.
    a place of sanctuary in certain catching games; home or base
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to live in or as if in a den
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of den1

before 1000; Middle English; Old English denn; compare early Dutch denne floor, cave, den, German Tenne floor
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of den1

Old English denn; related to Old High German tenni threshing floor, early Dutch denne low ground, den, cave
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Nearly every non-period show and movie about the White House since paints the place as a den of conspiracy, home to crisis presidents who either need to be saved or do the saving themselves.

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When the women entered John’s den, Stracke broke down remembering that it was the room where she last saw her father alive.

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The pups, who are yet to be named or sexed, will begin emerging from the den at around three months old before taking their first exploratory swims.

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Ryback also notes that Hitler “campaigned on the promise of draining the ‘parliamentarian swamp — den parlamentarischen Sumpf,’†a promise that Trump has repeatedly echoed by vowing to “drain the swamp†in America.

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Ian had noticed badgers emerging from a nearby den to forage for food scraps left out for foxes.

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