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den (den)

noun

  1. the cave or other lair of a wild animal
  2. a retreat or headquarters, as of thieves; haunt
  3. a small, squalid room
  4. a small, cozy room in a house, where a person can be alone to read, work, etc.
  5. a small, localized unit of Cub Scouts

Etymology: ME < OE denn, lair, pasture, akin to MLowG, place where grass is trodden down, lair < IE base *dhen-, level place

intransitive verb denned, denning den′·ning

to live or hide in or as in a den
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den

n.

  1. The home of an animal

    cave, lair, hollow, shelter; see hole 3.

  2. A private or secluded room

    study, sanctum, hideout, family room; see retreat 2, room 2.

den Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • gamble: Lots of blood flying all over the place, gambling dens, stunning countryside, beautiful houses.

Adjective modifier

  • cozy: The renovation resulted in a small galley kitchen and pantry along the back of the house leading to a cozy den.
  • underground: Between 1919 and 1933 the US introduced the Prohibition, which banned alcohol and resulted in the creation of underground drinking dens.
  • secret: The contestant evicted from the main house will also enter the secret den.
  • dark: In a little dark den behind a poultry store I was sketching some of the old men at study.

Modifies a noun

  • annalen: The world series title related topics quot journal of zu den annalen.
  • thorverbindungen: The travel channel circulated among washington more powerful tools yon den thorverbindungen.
  • ausgehende: Dodge shadow convertible into a cardboard never referred to den thorverbindungen ausgehende.

Noun used with modifier

  • f�r: Produced by Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film, Germany 1979. color.
  • �ber: Was ist, daß das Kommen über den Hügel, es ein Monster ist?
  • mit: Im Umgang mit den alten Bildern war er Positivist.
  • opium: Afterward he took me into his opium den next door.
  • und: Mit diesem Buch hat Gombrich die Metaphysik und den Geist der Zeiten aus der Kunstgeschichte verabschiedet.
  • van: Be receptive to andrew van den the nexus portable.

Possessives

  • lion: In the lion's den he awaited the judge's verdict.

Preposition: of

  • iniquity: My mother had very mixed feelings about her only child living in such a den of iniquity.
  • robber: But you have made it a den of robbers.
  • thief: The UN was from the start a den of thieves.
  • lion: We could go on with Daniel in the den of lions.
  • vise: Other dens of vise were dealt with by Virginia Berridge.
den Quotes

And dar'st thou then To beard the lion in his den, The Douglas in his hall?

—Scott, Sir Walter

Glorious the northern lights astream; Glorious the song, when God's the theme; Glorious the thunder's roar: Glorious hosanna from the den; Glorious the catholic amen; Glorious the martyr's gore.

—Smart, Christopher

'Yestreen I dreamed a dolefu'dream; I ken'd here wad be sorrow! I dreamed I pu'd the heather green, On the dowie banks o' Yarrow.' She gaed up yon high, high hillö I wat she gaed wi'sorrowö An' in the den spied nine dead men, On the dowie houms o' Yarrow.

—Ballads