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 →

2) A secret hideout that children build or play in, from sticks, blankets or boxes. tree →

3) A small cosy room in a house for relaxing (mainly American). tree →

4) A place where bad things happen in secret: a den of thieves. tree →

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 →
• Then the beasts go into coverts, and remain in their dens. (Writings JOB.37.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• The sun ariseth, they slink away, and couch in their dens. (Writings PSA.104.22, JPS 1917) tree →
• When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait? (Writings JOB.38.40, JPS 1917) tree →
• We built a den out of sticks in the woods. tree →
• The fox cubs stayed safe in their den. tree →
• Bears sleep in dens during the winter. tree →
• My brother and I made a blanket den in the living room. tree →
• Dad watches TV in the den. tree →
• Going to the head teacher's office felt like walking into the lion's den. tree →
• The robbers met in a secret den. tree →
• Never crawl into an animal's den. tree →

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?
• Will a young lion give forth his voice out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
• The sun ariseth, they slink away, and couch in their dens.
• Then the beasts go into coverts, and remain in their dens.
• When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «den» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.