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lair


noun

  1. a den or resting place of a wild animal: The cougar retired to its lair.
  2. a secluded or hidden place, especially a secret retreat or base of operations; a hideout or hideaway: a pirate’s lair.
  3. British. a place in which to lie or rest; a bed.

verb (used with object)

  1. to place in a lair.
  2. to serve as a lair for.

verb (used without object)

  1. to go to, lie in, or have a lair.

noun

  1. British Dialect. mud; mire.

verb (used without object)

  1. Scot. to sink or stick in mud or mire.

noun Chiefly Scot.

  1. lore; learning.

noun Australian Informal.

  1. a man who dresses garishly and is crude or vulgar; showoff.

noun

  1. the resting place of a wild animal
  2. informal a place of seclusion or hiding
  3. an enclosure or shed for farm animals
  4. Scot the ground for a grave in a cemetery

verb

  1. (intr) (esp of a wild animal) to retreat to or rest in a lair
  2. (tr) to drive or place (an animal) in a lair

noun, verb

  1. a Scot word for mire

noun

  1. a flashy man who shows off

verb

  1. (intr; foll by up or around) to behave or dress like a lair

n.Old English leger “bed, couch, grave; act or place of lying down,” from Proto-Germanic *legraz (cf. Old Norse legr “grave,” also “nuptials” (“a lying down”); Old Frisian leger “situation,” Old Saxon legar “bed,” Middle Dutch legher “act or place of lying down,” Dutch leger “bed, camp,” Old High German legar “bed, a lying down,” German Lager “bed, lair, camp, storehouse,” Gothic ligrs “place of lying”), from PIE *legh- “to lie, lay” (see lie (v.2)). Meaning “animal’s den” is from early 15c.

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