Noun
tracking the bear back to its lair
She runs the project from her private lair in the suburbs.
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There are a few shelves of bottles with pipettes in them, like the lair of some sort of mad apothecary.—Nick Miller, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025 Along the way, viewers will get a better look at Muse’s aforementioned lair, which became quite an attraction even for those who worked on the series.—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 21 Mar. 2025 Time after time, your off-brand chocobo will deliver you to a monster's lair for a perfunctory pummeling while your companions spout exposition.—James Perkins Mastromarino, NPR, 14 Mar. 2025 The store’s back room now resembles a stylish villain lair from a James Bond film with its moody lighting and minimal interiors.—Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lair
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Old English leger; akin to Old High German legar bed, Old English licgan to lie — more at lie
Verb
Scots lair mire
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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