den
A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocksA 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.
» Tom and Mary were playing darts in the den.
Meaning
6 sensesA 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.
a den of robbers
Daniel was put into the lions’ den.
A squalid or wretched place; a haunt.
a den of vice
an opium den; a gambling den
прито́нpritón
A comfortable room not used for formal entertaining.
Near-synonyms: family room, sunroom, Florida room, Arizona room, rec room, playroom
Wohnzimmer
a room that is comfortable and secluded
Synonym of fort (“structure improvised from furniture, etc. for playing games.”).
Our little girls love using bedsheets and other stuff around the house to make dens in the living room and pretending they're on adventures.
A group of Cub Scouts of the same age who work on projects together.
Höhle, Bau
нора́norá, ло́говоlógovo, берло́гаberlóga
нора́norá, барлі́гbarlíh, лі́гвищеlíhvyšče
a unit of 8 to 10 cub scouts
(Scotland, UK, obsolete)A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell.
Examples
46 sentencesTom and Mary were playing darts in the den.
He walked into the lion's den.
deEr begab sich in die Höhle des Löwen.
He stepped into the lion's den.
deEr begab sich in die Höhle des Löwen.
This island is a pirates' den.
ruЭтот остров — логово пиратов.
The foxes are in their den.
ruЛисы в своём логове.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English den, from Old English denn (“den, lair (of a beast), cave; a swine-pasFrom 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”).
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