Noun
tracking the bear back to its lair
She runs the project from her private lair in the suburbs.
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Dane Lafrey’s magnificent, multi-level design makes maximum use of the Palace’s cavernous stage to create a lair to die for.—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026 At the Broadhurst, where Cats has now built its lair, Hauck has brought the runway back and provided some onstage seating to replicate the audience’s proximity to the action.—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026 And then there’s newcomer, a disruptor given the name Pumpkin (Lola Fung), who formerly worked at a pretzel shop and enters this lair with suspicion.—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026 The film – without giving much away – is about a young woman fighting for her life after accidentally landing in a Satanic cult's lair.—David Oliver, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lair
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