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- 1 Pronunciation spelling of then, representing AAVE, Bermuda English. alt-of, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling
- 1 A diminutive of the male given name Dennis.
- 2 Abbreviation of Denver. abbreviation, alt-of
- 1 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.
"a den of robbers"
- 2 Abbreviation of denier (a unit of weight). abbreviation, alt-of
- 3 Alternative form of dene. Northumbria, alt-of, alternative
- 4 a room that is comfortable and secluded wordnet
- 5 A squalid or wretched place; a haunt.
"a den of vice"
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- 6 a unit of 8 to 10 cub scouts wordnet
- 7 A comfortable room not used for formal entertaining.
"Near-synonyms: family room, sunroom, Florida room, Arizona room, rec room, playroom"
- 8 a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws wordnet
- 9 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."
- 10 the habitation of wild animals wordnet
- 11 A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell. Scotland, UK, obsolete
"I have made several visits of late to the Den of Rubislaw"
- 12 A group of Cub Scouts of the same age who work on projects together.
- 1 To ensconce or hide oneself in (or as in) a den. reflexive
- 2 Of an animal, to use as a den; to take up residence in. intransitive
"Although present in virtually all habitats, it preferred to den in caves, so its distribution, especially in cold, northern areas, may have been limited to limestone and other rocky regions where caves form."
Etymology
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 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.
Shortening.
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