the habitation of wild animals

a room that is comfortable and secluded

a unit of 8 to 10 cub scouts

A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; esp., a cave used by a wild beast for shelter or concealment; as, a lion's den; a den of robbers.

A squalid place of resort; a wretched dwelling place; a haunt; as, a den of vice.

A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell.

To live in, or as in, a den.

Cavern; the cave of a wild beast; lair; a cozy private room.

The hollow lair of a wild beast: a cave: provin., a narrow valley.

Cave; lair of a wild beast.

A cavern occupied by animals; a lair; a low haunt.

A cave; a wild beast's lair; a miserable hovel; in names of places, a dell.

To dwell as in a den.

A cave or hollow place in the earth; a cave; the lair of a wild beast; a place of concealment; a wretched dwelling- place.

They were put to bed, and the next morning Daddy Morrison called them into his " den" before he left for the office, and told them that for a week they could not go out of their own yard. – Brother and Sister by Josephine Lawrence

Mistiss en Miss Lady, dee ain' know w'at ter make er all dis, en dee stan' dar lookin' fus' at Marster en den at one er n'er. – Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches by Joel Chandler Harris

I followed him into his den and accepted a cigarette and something cool to drink. – The Professor's Mystery by Wells Hastings Brian Hooker

I took a few ducats from my purse, and slipped them into her hand, and without waiting for her to find out how much I had given her I left that horrible den. – The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

I had intended to beard the lion in his country den; but now the lion will find me in his own town den, and I must beard him here. – The Duke's Children by Anthony Trollope

It's yonder in the den. – Kenny by Leona Dalrymple

But the dogged Indians, like wounded wolves in their den, stuck in their barricaded houses, and refused all terms of peace. – The Spanish Pioneers by Charles F. Lummis

Her husband sat alone in his den and smoked long after she had taken her step and retired to rest- but not to sleep. – Jane Cable by George Barr McCutcheon

Yo'r maw'll find me with it, and den she'll blame me. – A Little Florida Lady by Dorothy C. Paine

Then the wise man said: " A giant named Smoke- tail has carried her to his den in the Vindhya forest." – Twenty-two Goblins by Unknown

The lion's den is not so dangerous a place as you imagined. – The Light That Lures by Percy Brebner

" I can't think with you two whispering there," he said, " I'm going to the den." – The Window at the White Cat by Mary Roberts Rinehart

I be'n takin' my own time 'bout killin' 'im; I ain' be'n crowdin' de man, but I'll be ready after a w'ile, an' den he kin look out! – The Marrow of Tradition by Charles W. Chesnutt

But Geoffrey goes alone to where he knows he shall find Nicholas in his own den. – Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess

I've often settled papa's den. – A Little Rebel by Mrs. Hungerford

Den it were me. – The Two Vanrevels by Booth Tarkington

Den we has him. – Old Hendrik's Tales by Arthur Owen Vaughan