To ensconce or hide oneself in (or as in) a den.
Of an animal, to use as a den; to take up residence in.
Although present in virtually all habitats, it preferred to den in caves, so its distribution, especially in cold, northern areas, may have been limited to limestone and other rocky regions where caves form.
Pronunciation spelling of then, representing AAVE, Bermuda English.
A diminutive of the male given name Dennis.
From Middle English den, from Old English denn (“den, lair (of a beast), cave; a swine-pasture, a woodland pasture for swine”), from Proto-West Germanic *dani (“threshing-floor, barn-floor”). Cognate ...
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