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# den

«den» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **The home of a wild animal, often hidden, like a fox's or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a den, dens)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The home of a wild animal, often hidden, like a fox's or lion's den or a bear's cave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/den/#m1)

2) A secret hideout that children build or play in, from sticks, blankets or boxes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/den/#m2)

3) A small cosy room in a house for relaxing (mainly American). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/den/#m3)

4) A place where bad things happen in secret: a den of thieves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/den/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science, many animals use dens to sleep, hide and raise their young: foxes, wolves, bears and badgers (a badger's home is called a sett). In outdoor play and forest school, children build dens from branches and tarps, learning teamwork and design; check that the den is safe and never go into real animal dens. In stories, a "lion's den" means a scary place. Phrases: "build a den", "a fox's den", "into the lion's den", "a den of thieves", "Cub Scout den".

### examples

- Geist ; verbannte sie mit sieben, goss sie aus mit den zwolf Gestimen.**, "He drew them with water. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/den/#x1)
- Then the beasts go into coverts, and remain in their dens. (Writings JOB.37.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/den/#x2)
- The sun ariseth, they slink away, and couch in their dens. (Writings PSA.104.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/den/#x3)
- When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait? (Writings JOB.38.40, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/den/#x4)
- We built a den out of sticks in the woods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/den/#x5)
- The fox cubs stayed safe in their den. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/den/#x6)
- Bears sleep in dens during the winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/den/#x7)
- My brother and I made a blanket den in the living room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/den/#x8)
- Dad watches TV in the den. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/den/#x9)
- Going to the head teacher's office felt like walking into the lion's den. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/den/#x10)
- The robbers met in a secret den. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/den/#x11)
- Never crawl into an animal's den. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/den/#x12)

### note

Countable: a den, dens. Different animals' homes have special names: a rabbit's burrow (warren), a badger's sett, a bird's nest, a bee's hive. In the Scouts (USA), a "den" is a small group of Cub Scouts.

### In the corpora

- [Is this house, whereupon My name is called, become a den of robbers in your eyes?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.212/)
- [Will a young lion give forth his voice out of his den, if he have taken nothing?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/AMO.36/)
- [The sun ariseth, they slink away, and couch in their dens.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1845/)
- [Then the beasts go into coverts, and remain in their dens.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.981/)
- [When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.1051/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «den» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/den/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.