DEN


Meaning of DEN in English

■ noun

1》 a wild animal's lair or habitation.

2》 informal a person's private room.

3》 a place where people meet secretly or illicitly: an opium ~.

■ verb ( ~s , ~ning , ~ned ) (of an animal) live in or retreat to a ~.

Origin

OE ~n , of Gmc origin.

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