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
Kids can also get creative by turning the lower section into a secluded fort or a lair for hide-and-seek.—Heather Balogh Rochfort, Parents, 18 May 2024 As Mental Floss reported, the first five buildings were not built properly — instead of demolishing them, they were simply buried as more buildings were built on top of them, providing the Illuminati with a secret underground lair.—Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2024 The image shows the pair holding wands inside the classic family lair of the Waverly Sub Station in New York.—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 15 May 2024 There’s no Lady Liberty awaiting them, but there is rusty, wrecked battleship that is the equivalent of a Bond villain’s lair.—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for lair
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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
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