Den - English meaning

noun

A hole or tunnel dug by a small animal, especially a rabbit, as a dwelling.

Usage examples:

Spheniscus species generally use unlined nests in burrows, crevices, caves, or surface scrapes.

verb

(of an animal) make a hole or tunnel, typically for use as a dwelling.

Usage examples:

Moles burrowing away underground

noun

A natural underground chamber in a hillside or cliff.

Usage examples:

The narrow gorge contains a series of prehistoric caves

verb

Explore caves as a sport.

Usage examples:

They say they cave for the adventure, challenge, and physical exercise

exclamation

(among children) look out!

adjective

Not openly acknowledged or displayed.

Usage examples:

Covert operations against the dictatorship

noun

A thicket in which game can hide.

Usage examples:

I couldn't help but admire the beautifully laid out game crops and newly-planted coverts.

adjective

Hidden or secret

Usage examples:

Covert military operations

noun

The nest of a squirrel, typically in the form of a mass of twigs in a tree.

Usage examples:

The siberian flying squirrel is a nocturnal arboreal rodent, which nests in tree cavities, twig dre…

noun

The nest of a squirrel

noun

A trench that is dug and roofed over as a shelter for troops.

Usage examples:

The german gun crews kept in their dugouts

noun

A shelter where baseball players sit when they are not on the field

noun

The planet on which we live; the world.

Usage examples:

The diversity of life on earth

verb

Connect (an electrical device) with the ground.

Usage examples:

The front metal panels must be soundly earthed

noun

A hiding place, especially one used by someone who has broken the law.

Usage examples:

The kidnappers did not want their hideout discovered

noun

A secret place where someone can go when the person does not want to be found by other people

Usage examples:

We made our hideout under the bushes.

noun

A small place for hiding things in

noun

A hollow place in a solid body or surface.

Usage examples:

The dog had dug a hole in the ground

verb

Make a hole or holes in.

Usage examples:

A fuel tank was holed by the attack and a fire started

adjective

Having a hole or empty space inside.

Usage examples:

A hollow metal tube

noun

A hole or depression in something.

Usage examples:

A hollow at the base of a large tree

verb

Form by making a hole.

Usage examples:

A tunnel was hollowed out in a mountain range

noun

A place where a wild animal, especially a fierce or dangerous one, lives.

Usage examples:

He saw that his dogs had roused a wild boar from its lair

verb

Dress or behave in a flashy manner.

Usage examples:

Some of us laired up in assam silk suits

noun

A place where certain kinds of wild animals live, often underground and hidden, or a place where a person hides

Usage examples:

A fox’s lair, a thieves’ lair

noun

A small house at the gates of a park or in the grounds of a large house, occupied by a gatekeeper, gardener, or other employee.

Usage examples:

The house, the entrance lodge and garden of just over an acre comprise lot one.

verb

Present (a complaint, appeal, claim, etc.) formally to the proper authorities.

Usage examples:

He has 28 days in which to lodge an appeal

verb

To become fixed or cause something to become fixed in a place or position

Usage examples:

[ i ] a fish bone had lodged in her throat., [ t ] the explosion lodged some metal fragments in his…

noun

The den or burrow of a badger.

Usage examples:

His mother gave birth to him and his brother in a garage in cumbria because all the badger setts ha…

noun

A hole in the ground, often with several passages and different entrances, where a badger or a family of badgers lives

Usage examples:

A badger sett, we recommend granite setts for driveways and larger paved areas.

noun

A small piece of stone that is used with others to make paths, etc.

Usage examples:

We recommend granite setts for driveways and larger paved areas.

noun

A place giving temporary protection from bad weather or danger.

Usage examples:

Huts like this are used as a shelter during the winter

verb

Protect or shield from something harmful, especially bad weather.

Usage examples:

The hut sheltered him from the cold wind

noun

Something that gives protection, such as a building or tent, or the protection provided

Usage examples:

[ c ] we took the stray dog to an animal shelter., [ u ] the wall gave us some shelter from the win…

noun

An artificial underground passage, especially one built through a hill or under a building, road, or river.

Usage examples:

A road tunnel through the pyrenees

verb

Short for wind tunnel.