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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)
6.
to drive or pursue (an animal) into its den.
7.
to kill (an animal) inside its den.
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Denned
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verb (used without object)
8.
to live in or as if in a den.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English; Old English denn; compare early Dutch denne floor, cave, den, German Tenne floor
before 1000; Middle English; Old English denn; compare early Dutch denne floor, cave, den, German Tenne floor
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den
O.E. denn "wild animal's lair," from P.Gmc. *danjan. Sense of "small room" is 1771, originally colloquial.
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