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# lair

«lair» in Mova's school dictionary: **the den or hiding place of a wild animal** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (lair, lairs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A lair is the den or hiding place of a wild animal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lair/#m1)

2) A lair is any secret place where a villain hides. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lair/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a wolf leaves his lair to hunt; a robber or giant may keep treasure in a lair

### examples

- The wolf left his lair at dusk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lair/#x1)
- The fox crept back to its lair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lair/#x2)
- The robbers' lair was hidden in the hills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lair/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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