den
noun
the lair or shelter of a wild animal, especially a predatory mammal.
will den
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future tenseof den.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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“Certain species will den up in the wintertime to brumate, which is the reptile version of hibernation,” said herpetologist Tom Scollins, an associate curator with the Natural History Society of Maryland.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 12, 2020
If the bears get real fleshy early in the season they will den up at the approach of the first cold and freezing weather and sleep until spring.
From Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. by Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock
