lair
lair · lairs · laired · lairing
To rest; to dwellTo rest; to dwell.
UK/ˈlɛə̯/US/ˈlɛɚ/
» A fox smells its own lair first.
saeedveradi · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
5 senses(UK)To rest; to dwell.
(UK)To lay down.
(UK)To bury.
(Scotland, transitive)To mire.
(Scotland, intransitive)To become mired.
Examples
11 sentencesOrigin
From Middle English leir, leire, lair, lare, from Old English leġer (“couch, bed”), from PFrom Middle English leir, leire, lair, lare, from Old English leġer (“couch, bed”), from Proto-Germanic *legrą, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.
From Old Norse leir (“clay, mud”). Compare Icelandic leir (“clay”).
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Forms
lairs, lairing, laired, lairedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.