Definizione monolingua

lair

lair (third-person singular simple present lairs, present participle lairing, simple past and past participle laired)

1. (transitive, Scotland) To mire.
2. (intransitive, Scotland) To become mired.

lair (plural lairs)

1. A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.
2. (figuratively) A place inhabited by a criminal or criminals, a superhero or a supervillain.
   • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 21

     ...Van Helsing stood up and said, ""Now, my dear friends, we go forth to our terrible enterprise. Are we all armed, as we were on that night when first we visited our enemys lair. Armed against ghostly as well as carnal attack?""

Definizione dizionario lair

	covo
	of a criminal

	tana
	of an animal

nascondiglio

Altri significati:

A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.

(intransitive, Scottish) To become mired.

(figuratively) A place inhabited by a criminal or criminals, a superhero or a supervillain.

(transitive, Scottish) To mire.