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[den] 
noun, verb, denned, den⋅ning.–noun
| 1. | the lair or shelter of a wild animal, esp. 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)
| 6. | to drive or pursue (an animal) into its den. |
| 7. | to kill (an animal) inside its den. |
–verb (used without object)
| 8. | to live in or as if in a den. |
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE denn; cf. early D denne floor, cave, den, G Tenne floor
bef. 1000; ME; OE denn; cf. early D denne floor, cave, den, G Tenne floor
Den.
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| den (děn) n.
To inhabit or hide in a den. [Middle English, from Old English denn.] |
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Den\, n. [AS. denn; perh. akin to G. tenne floor, thrashing floor, and to AS. denu valley.]1. A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; esp., a cave used by a wild beast for shelter or concealment; as, a lion's den; a den of robbers. 2. A squalid place of resort; a wretched dwelling place; a haunt; as, a den of vice. "Those squalid dens, which are the reproach of great capitals." --Addison. 3. Any snug or close retreat where one goes to be alone. [Colloq.] 4. [AS. denu.] A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell. [Old Eng. & Scotch] --Shak.Den
Den\, v. i. To live in, or as in, a den. The sluggish salvages that den below. --G. Fletcher.
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Language Translation for : den
Spanish:
guarida,
German:
die Höhle,
Japanese:
巣穴
den
O.E. denn "wild animal's lair," from P.Gmc. *danjan. Sense of "small room" is 1771, originally colloquial.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: den
Function: abbreviation
denied
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Den
a lair of wild beasts (Ps. 10:9; 104:22; Job 37:8); the hole of a venomous reptile (Isa. 11:8); a recess for secrecy "in dens and caves of the earth" (Heb. 11:38); a resort of thieves (Matt. 21:13; Mark 11:17). Daniel was cast into "the den of lions" (Dan. 6:16, 17). Some recent discoveries among the ruins of Babylon have brought to light the fact that the practice of punishing offenders against the law by throwing them into a den of lions was common.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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