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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adv
Pronunciation spelling of then, representing AAVE, Bermuda English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling
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name
A diminutive of the male given name Dennis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Abbreviation of Denver.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: lair, luster, Wiktionary appendix of animal terms, including their homes
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noun
A squalid or wretched place; a haunt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A comfortable room not used for formal entertaining.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: family room, sunroom, Florida room, Arizona room, rec room, playroom
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Broader terms: room, space, place, site, location
noun
Synonym of fort (“structure improvised from furniture, etc. for playing games.”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: fort
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noun
A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, UK, obsolete
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noun
A group of Cub Scouts of the same age who work on projects together.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Abbreviation of denier (a unit of weight).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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noun
Alternative form of dene.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northumbria, alt-of, alternative
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verb
To ensconce or hide oneself in (or as in) a den.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: reflexive
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verb
Of an animal, to use as a den; to take up residence in.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
a room that is comfortable and secluded
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: room
noun
a unit of 8 to 10 cub scouts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: unit, social unit
noun
a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: hideout, hideaway
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Broader terms: hiding place
noun
the habitation of wild animals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: lair
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Broader terms: habitation
History
Shortening.
From Middle English den, from Old English denn (“den, lair (of a beast), cave; a swine-pasture, a woodland pasture for swine”), from Proto-West Germanic *dani (“threshing-floor, barn-floor”). Cognate with Scots den (“den, lair”), Middle Dutch denne (“burrow, den, cave, attic”), Dutch den (“ship's deck, threshing-floor, mountain floor”), Middle Low German denne, danne (“threshing-floor, small dale”), German Tenne (“threshing-floor, barn for threshing”).
From Old French denier, from Latin denarius.
Across languages
181 source translations are retained for this English entry.
