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BNC: 19267 COCA: 17399

lair

1 of 2

noun

1
dialectal British : a resting or sleeping place : bed
2
a
: the resting or living place of a wild animal : den
tracked the bear back to its lair
b
: a refuge or place for hiding
a villain's lair

lair

2 of 2

verb

laired; lairing; lairs

transitive verb

chiefly Scotland : to cause to sink in mire

intransitive verb

chiefly Scotland : wallow

Example Sentences

Noun tracking the bear back to its lair She runs the project from her private lair in the suburbs.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Fish conducts the scene that takes place in Jud’s lair in engulfing darkness. Charles Mcnulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2022 Daemon, meanwhile, chases Crabfeeder into his lair, emerging some time later caked in gore and dragging Crabfeeder's severed torso. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 5 Sep. 2022 The giants who, in the libretto, have been conned into constructing the lair are here chic architects of a glassy expansion. New York Times, 7 Aug. 2022 Or a James Bond baddie throwing world-ending tantrums in some faraway lair. Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 12 July 2022 Looking for a record on the shelves in his lair, Bussard doesn’t want to hear that kind of talk right now. Joe Heim, Washington Post, 5 June 2022 Dustin and Eddie create a distraction in the Upside Down to draw away the Demobats, so Steve, Nancy, and Robin can attack Vecna in his Upside Down lair. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 July 2022 What’s the secret face of an underground villain lair? Carole Horst, Variety, 3 July 2022 Stronghold round out the punning group, whose lair is hidden beneath a record store cleverly called Criminal Records. Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 28 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, from Old English leger; akin to Old High German legar bed, Old English licgan to lie — more at lie

Verb

Scots lair mire

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

circa 1560, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of lair was before the 12th century

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