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- Dictionarylair/lɛː/
noun
- 1. a place where a wild animal, especially a fierce or dangerous one, lives: "he saw that his dogs had roused a wild boar from its lair" Similar
- 2. a burial plot in a graveyard: Scottish "their ashes now lie buried in a lair in the Glasgow necropolis"
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The meaning of LAIR is a resting or sleeping place : bed. How to use lair in a sentence.
LAIR definition: 1. a place where a wild animal lives, often underground and hidden, or a place where a person…. Learn more.
A lair is a place where a wild animal lives, usually a place which is underground or well-hidden.
LAIR meaning: 1. a place where a wild animal lives, often underground and hidden, or a place where a person…. Learn more.
A lair is a wild animal's den. If you ever find yourself in a forest and face to face with a bear trying to lure you into his lair, beware! He may be plotting to eat you.
Definition of lair noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
What does the noun lair mean? There are nine meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun lair, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. lair has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. medicine (Old English) agriculture (Middle English) animals (late 1500s)
Someone's lair is the particular room or hiding place that they go to, especially when they want to get away from other people.
Define lair. lair synonyms, lair pronunciation, lair translation, English dictionary definition of lair. a wild animal’s den or resting place; a person’s hiding place Not to be confused with: layer – a thickness of matter covering a surface: layers of clothing;...
A bed or resting place of a wild animal; den. A den or hideaway. Any place of refuge or for hiding. A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground. (figuratively) A place inhabited by a criminal or criminals, a superhero or a supervillain. To go to, rest in, or have a lair. (Scotland) To mire.
