lair

A place where a wild animal lives or rests, often a cave or hole.

• The wolf returned to its lair.
• We found a bear’s lair beneath the rocks.
• The cubs stayed close to the lair.

Similar words: den

Common phrases: wolf lair, animal lair, leave a lair

A private or hidden place where someone, especially a criminal or fictional villain, lives or stays.

• The villain escaped to his lair.
• Police discovered the gang’s lair in an abandoned factory.
• Her secret lair was hidden beneath the city.

Similar words: hideout, hideaway, retreat

Common phrases: secret lair, villain’s lair, underground lair

A covered place where farm animals are kept or can rest.

• The cattle rested in their lair.
• Fresh straw covered the floor of the lair.
• The farmer repaired the sheep’s lair before winter.

Similar words: shed, shelter

Common phrases: cattle lair, a sheltered lair, a farm lair

A grave or a space in a cemetery where someone can be buried.

• The family purchased a lair in the cemetery.
• A stone marked the old lair.
• Cemetery records identify the owner of each lair.

Similar words: grave, burial plot

Common phrases: family lair, burial lair, purchase a lair

To rest or make your home in a particular place.

• The beast laired in a cave.
• Deer lair among the trees at night.
• The wolf had laired beneath the rocky ledge.

How to use it: lair in somewhere (The animal laired in the forest.)

Similar words: rest, dwell

Common phrases: lair in something, lair among something

To put someone or something down in a resting position.

• She laired the child down on the bed.
• He laired the bundle down beside the door.
• They gently laired the injured man on the grass.

How to use it: lair someone/something down (They laired the child down on a blanket.)

Similar words: lay down

Common phrases: lair someone down, lair something down

To put a dead person or animal into a grave and cover them with earth.

• They laired him beside his parents.
• The villagers laired the body near the church.
• She asked to be laired in the family grave.

Similar words: bury, inter

Common phrases: lair someone, lair a body

To make someone or something stuck in deep mud or soft ground.

• The bog laired the horse.
• Heavy rain had laired their cart in mud.
• The soft ground threatened to lair the wagon.

Similar words: mire, bog down

Common phrases: lair a horse, lair a cart