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"2": "ine-pro",
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"3": "leir"
},
"expansion": "Middle English leir",
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},
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"2": "leire"
},
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},
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},
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},
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},
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},
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"2": "ang",
"3": "leġer",
"t": "couch, bed"
},
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},
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English leir, leire, lair, lare, from Old English leġer (“couch, bed”), from Proto-Germanic *legrą, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.",
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{
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"Biology",
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"ref": "a. 1881, Sidney Lanier, Strange Jokes",
"text": "O dainty dew, O morning dew / That gleamed in the world's first dawn, did you / And the sweet grass and manful oaks / Give lair and rest / To him who toadwise sits and croaks / His death-behest?",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground."
],
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[
"inhabit",
"inhabit"
],
[
"wild",
"wild"
],
[
"animal",
"animal"
],
[
"cave",
"cave"
],
[
"hole",
"hole"
]
],
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"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"english": "of some smaller mammals",
"sense": "of an animal",
"word": "burrow"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"english": "of a lion or tiger",
"sense": "of an animal",
"word": "den"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"english": "of an otter",
"sense": "of an animal",
"word": "holt"
}
],
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"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "orǰ",
"sense": "of an animal",
"word": "որջ"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "oya",
"sense": "of an animal",
"word": "оя"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bǎrloga",
"sense": "of an animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "бърлога"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "legovište",
"sense": "of an animal",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "леговище"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "of an animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cau"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "cháoxué",
"sense": "of an animal",
"word": "巢穴"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "of an animal",
"word": "獸穴"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shòuxué",
"sense": "of an animal",
"word": "兽穴"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "of an animal",
"word": "獸窟"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shòukū",
"sense": "of an animal",
"word": "兽窟"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "of an animal",
"word": "獸窩"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shòuwō",
"sense": "of an animal",
"word": "兽窝"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "of an animal",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "doupě"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "of an animal",
"word": "hol"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "of an animal",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "leger"
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{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of an animal",
"word": "pesä"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of an animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "antre"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of an animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tanière"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of an animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "repaire"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "bunagi",
"sense": "of an animal",
"word": "ბუნაგი"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "soro",
"sense": "of an animal",
"word": "სორო"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of an animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Bau"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of an animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Höhle"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "phōleós",
"sense": "of an animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "φωλεός"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "meurá",
"sense": "of an animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "מְאוּרָה"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "of an animal",
"word": "odú"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "of an animal",
"word": "vacok"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of an animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "brocais"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of an animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "leaba dhearg"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of an animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tana"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"alt": "そうくつ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sōkutsu",
"sense": "of an animal",
"word": "巣窟"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "of an animal",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lustrum"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "of an animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "miga"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "of an animal",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hi"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "of an animal",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hi"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "oj",
"lang": "Ojibwe",
"sense": "of an animal",
"word": "waazh"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "oj",
"lang": "Ojibwe",
"sense": "of an animal",
"word": "waanzh"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of an animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "toca"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "of an animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vizuină"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lógovo",
"sense": "of an animal",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ло́гово"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "berlóga",
"sense": "of an animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "берло́га"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "norá",
"sense": "of an animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "нора́"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "of an animal",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ја̏збина"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "of an animal",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "jȁzbina"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "of an animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "brloh"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "of an animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "brlog"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of an animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "guarida"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of an animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "madriguera"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of an animal",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "bohåla"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of an animal",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "håla"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of an animal",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gryt"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of an animal",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kula"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33 0 0 0 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of an animal",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "lya"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A shed or shelter for domestic animals."
],
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"links": [
[
"shed",
"shed"
],
[
"shelter",
"shelter"
],
[
"domestic",
"domestic"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A place inhabited by a criminal or criminals, a superhero or a supervillain; a refuge, retreat, haven or hideaway."
],
"id": "en-lair-en-noun-w3uwiF0Q",
"links": [
[
"superhero",
"superhero"
],
[
"supervillain",
"supervillain"
],
[
"refuge",
"refuge"
],
[
"retreat",
"retreat"
],
[
"haven",
"haven"
],
[
"hideaway",
"hideaway"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) A place inhabited by a criminal or criminals, a superhero or a supervillain; a refuge, retreat, haven or hideaway."
],
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"sense": "of a criminal",
"word": "den"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 100 0 0 0",
"sense": "of a criminal",
"word": "hide-out"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "6 5 65 15 1 7",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "skrivalište",
"sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "скривалище"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 5 65 15 1 7",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cau"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 5 65 15 1 7",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
"word": "schuilplaats"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 5 65 15 1 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
"word": "piilo"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 5 65 15 1 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
"word": "piilopaikka"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 5 65 15 1 7",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "antre"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 5 65 15 1 7",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "krisfýgeto",
"sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "κρησφύγετο"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 5 65 15 1 7",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "liméri",
"sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "λημέρι"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 5 65 15 1 7",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
"word": "búvóhely"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 5 65 15 1 7",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
"word": "rejtekhely"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 5 65 15 1 7",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cró folaigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 5 65 15 1 7",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "covo"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 5 65 15 1 7",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lustrum"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 5 65 15 1 7",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
"word": "kuhunga"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 5 65 15 1 7",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "esconderijo"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 5 65 15 1 7",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "covil"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 5 65 15 1 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lógovo",
"sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ло́гово"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 5 65 15 1 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pritón",
"sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "прито́н"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 5 65 15 1 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ја̏збина"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 5 65 15 1 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "бр́лог"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 5 65 15 1 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ја̏ма"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 5 65 15 1 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "jȁzbina"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 5 65 15 1 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "bŕlog"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 5 65 15 1 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "jȁma"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 5 65 15 1 7",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "brlog"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 5 65 15 1 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "guarida"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 5 65 15 1 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "escondite"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "British English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1820, John Clare, “Address to Plenty in Winter”, in Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery, page 50",
"text": "Then would I in Plenty's lap,\nFor the first time take a nap;\nFalling back in easy lair,\nSweetly slumb'ring in my chair;",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1843 June 5, William Thom, “Extract from a Letter to J. Robertson, Esq.”, in Rhymes and Recollections of a Hand-loom Weaver, 3rd edition, London: Smith, Elder and Co., published 1847, page 136",
"text": "Wake ye, sleep ye, my hapless boy,\nIn this homeless house of care?\nLack ye the warmth of a mother's eye\nOn the cauldrife, lonely lair?",
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