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Synonyms for lair

Grammar : Noun
Spell : lair
Phonetic Transcription : lɛər

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Définition of lair

Origin :
  • 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.
  • noun hideout, habitat
Example sentences :
  • It is used by their prickers and huntsmen when the beast hath not fled, but is still in its lair.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Saying no word, out of his lair he came with that terrible sword of his aloft.
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
  • The Huron arose, and shook himself like a lion quitting his lair.
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Nothing would do, but to go up into his lair, and drag him out.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
  • It tried hard to crawl into its lair, or slip into the lake.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
  • The stream, the lair, and the quiet woods were calling to him, and he wanted her to come.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • The scenes are laid along the waters of the Cumberland, the lair of moonshiner and feudsman.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • It was not one monster then, but many that had brought us to their lair.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
  • Claude was greeted with a growl like that of wild beasts disturbed in their lair.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • This is my lair and fortress, and I'll defend it and myself as becomes my name and blood.
  • Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini

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