lair

IPA: ɫˈɛr

noun

  • A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.
  • A shed or shelter for domestic animals.
  • (figuratively) A place inhabited by a criminal or criminals, a superhero or a supervillain; a refuge, retreat, haven or hideaway.
  • (Britain dialectal) A bed or resting place.
  • (Scotland) A grave; a cemetery plot.
  • (Scotland) A bog; a mire.
  • (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A person who dresses in a showy but tasteless manner and behaves in a vulgar and conceited way; a show-off.
  • A surname.
  • Obsolete form of layer. [A single thickness of some material covering a surface.]

verb

  • (Britain) To rest; to dwell.
  • (Britain) To lay down.
  • (Britain) To bury.
  • (transitive, Scotland) To mire.
  • (intransitive, Scotland) To become mired.
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Examples of "lair" in Sentences

  • Hmm … I bet his secret lair is something out of Star Wars … the part with the Rancor.
  • He has no money for beer, and his lair is only for sleeping purposes, so what else remains for him to do?
  • Tasteful, elegant furnishings, bedding, furniture and everything home; this spacious lair is one stop shopping.
  • The developers started down the right path: Bush's evil lair is hidden underneath an abandoned port-a-potty out in the middle of the desert.
  • Not sure how your failure to find more information than wikipedia or the supposed anecdotal evidence of a proven lair is interesting exactly.
  • Remember Maxine D-CA that the CIA and Regan are infecting black people with aids. calling a man a lair is a lot different than accuseing one of Murder.
  • Last year he dispatched troops into Swat and South Waziristan to oust the Taliban from their mountain lair; more recently, he helped the US increase drone strikes.
  • Eugene Debs sponsered by the Church of the presumptious assumption says: by the way shitweasel it isnt that lair is our favorite word just a very useful word when describing the rightwing MORONS like you that lie constantly

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