den

n.

1. The shelter or retreat of a wild animal; a lair.
2. A cave or hollow used as a refuge or hiding place.
3. A hidden or squalid dwelling place: a den of thieves.
4. A secluded room for study or relaxation.
5. A unit of about eight to ten Cub Scouts.

intr.v., denned, den·ning, dens.
To inhabit or hide in a den.

[Middle English, from Old English denn.]

noun

1. A place used as an animal's dwelling: burrow, hole, lair. See protection/exposure.
2. A hiding place: covert, hideaway, hide-out, lair. See place, show/hide.

n

The toothlike projection that rises perpendicularly from the upper surface of the body of the second cervical vertebra or axis, which serves as a pivot point for the rotation of the atlas, or first cervical vertebra, enabling the head to turn in a horizontal plane.

An indoor retreat, usually small, for work or leisure. also see chamber, 1.

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Pl. dentes [L.] a tooth or toothlike structure. The axis has a dens or odontoid process which protrudes from the cranial part of the body of the axis and articulates with the ventral arch of the atlas.

• d. en dente — a malformed tooth consisting of an invagination of the enamel, dentine and pulp within the tooth bud, appearing as a tooth within a tooth.
• d. hypoplasia — see atlantoaxial subluxation.
• d. lupinus — first premolar tooth in the horse. Always vestigial, often missing. Called also wolf tooth.

IN BRIEF: Place where wild animals sleep; small cozy room.

The bears found a den to hibernate in all winter.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - hule, røverrede, studerekammer, hyggerum
v. intr. - trække sig tilbage til sin hule

Nederlands (Dutch)
hol (dieren), (studeer-/ hobby)kamertje, schuilplaats

Français (French)
n. - antre, tanière, repaire, piaule (fam)
v. intr. - (US) se retirer dans sa piaule

Deutsch (German)
n. - Höhle, Bau, Versteck, (ugs.) Bude
v. - in einer Höhle wohnen, sich in einer Höhle verstecken

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - άντρο, φωλιά (θηρίου), λημέρι, μελετητήριο σπιτιού, δωμάτιο βιβλιοθήκης ή γραφείου

Italiano (Italian)
tana, covo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - covil (m), caverna (f)

Русский (Russian)
берлога

Español (Spanish)
n. - guarida, madriguera
v. intr. - vivir en una madriguera

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - håla, lya, tillhåll, näste, kyffe

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
兽穴, 洞穴, 藏到洞里

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 獸穴, 洞穴
v. intr. - 藏到洞裡

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 동굴, 사적인 방, 소굴
v. intr. - 동굴에 살다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - すみか, 穴, 隠れ家, 巣, 私室

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) بين خفي لحيوان, عرين, وكر, مكان يجتمع فيه الناس, بالسر وبخاصه من اجل ممارسه أعمال غير قانونيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מאורה, מקום התרחשות פשע או מעשה רע, חדר פרטי, מקום-מסתור לילדים‬
v. intr. - ‮התגורר במאורה או במיסתור‬

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