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War·ren

(wôr′ən, wŏr′-)

A city of southeast Michigan, an industrial suburb of Detroit.

war·ren

(wôr′ən, wŏr′-)

a. An area where rabbits live in burrows.

b. A colony of rabbits.

2. An enclosure for small game animals.

a. An overcrowded living area.

b. A mazelike place where one may easily become lost: a warren of narrow, dark alleys and side streets.

[Middle English warenne, from Old North French, enclosure; see wer- in Indo-European roots.]

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warren

(ˈwɒrən)

1. (Zoology) a series of interconnected underground tunnels in which rabbits live

2. (Zoology) a colony of rabbits

3. (Social Welfare) an overcrowded area or dwelling

4. (Hunting) chiefly Brit an enclosed place where small game animals or birds are kept, esp for breeding, or a part of a river or lake enclosed by nets in which fish are kept (esp in the phrase beasts or fowls of warren)

5. (Fishing) chiefly Brit an enclosed place where small game animals or birds are kept, esp for breeding, or a part of a river or lake enclosed by nets in which fish are kept (esp in the phrase beasts or fowls of warren)

6. (Law) English legal history a franchise permitting one to keep animals, birds, or fish in this way

7. (Hunting) English legal history a franchise permitting one to keep animals, birds, or fish in this way

8. (Fishing) English legal history a franchise permitting one to keep animals, birds, or fish in this way

[C14: from Anglo-French warenne, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German werien to preserve]

Warren

(ˈwɒrən)

(Placename) a city in the US, in SE Michigan, northeast of Detroit. Pop: 136 016 (2003 est)

Warren

(ˈwɒrən)

(Biography) Earl. 1891–1974, US lawyer; chief justice of the US (1953–69). He chaired the commission that investigated the murder of President Kennedy

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war•ren

(ˈwɔr ən, ˈwɒr-)

n.

1. a place where rabbits breed or abound.

2. a building or area containing many inhabitants in crowded quarters.

3. a mazelike place containing many passageways or small rooms.

[1350–1400; Middle English warenne < Anglo-French; Old French g(u)arenne < Germanic *warinne game park =*war-, base of *warjan to defend + *-inne feminine n. suffix]

War•ren

(ˈwɔr ən, ˈwɒr-)

n.

1. Earl, 1891–1974, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1953–69.

2. Robert Penn, 1905–89, U.S. novelist and poet: named the first U.S. poet laureate 1986–87.

3. a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit. 138,078.

4. a city in NE Ohio, NW of Youngstown. 51,640.

war·ren

(wôr′ən)

An area where a colony of rabbits lives in burrows.

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Warren

a place for keeping game animals; a place in the river for keeping fish, 1377.

Examples: warren of conies, 1600; of fish, 1377; of flies, 1625; of hares, 1538; of huts, 1918; of partridge; of passages, 1919; of pheasants; of the poor, 1886; of rats, 1856; a rabbit warren, 1773.

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Noun	1.	Warren - United States writer and poet (1905-1989) Robert Penn Warren
	2.	Warren - United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1891-1974) Earl Warren
	3.	warren - a series of connected underground tunnels occupied by rabbits rabbit warren burrow, tunnel - a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter
	4.	warren - an overcrowded residential area rabbit warren residential area, residential district, community - a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences
	5.	warren - a colony of rabbits rabbit, cony, coney - any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food animal group - a group of animals

Translations

وِجار الأرانِب

kaninløbegang

Kaninchengehege

conejera madriguera vivar

clapier lapinière terrier

kotorék

kanínubyggî

conigliera terreno infestato di conigli

triušių landos

trušu apdzīvota teritorija

område med kaninhull

územie zamorené králikmi

tavşanlık

养兔场

warren

[ˈwɒrən] N

1. (also rabbit warren) → madriguera f (de conejos)

2. (fig) (= place, area) → laberinto m; (= house) → conejera f
it is a warren of little streets → es un laberinto de callejuelas

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

warren

[ˈwɒrən] n

[rabbits] → terrier m
a rabbit warren → un terrier de lapins

(= place with narrow passages) → labyrinthe m

warren

n (= rabbit warren) → Kaninchenbau m; (fig) → Labyrinth nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

warren

[ˈwɒr/ən] n (also rabbit warren) → tana (fig) → alveare m
a warren of little streets → un dedalo di stradine

warren

(ˈworən) noun

a place where many rabbits have their burrows.

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Lammeter's father come into these parts, and took the Warrens?"

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"No, try this hare, which I had killed yesterday in one of my warrens."

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This companion, who was addressed as Mary, and whose family name was Warren, had none of the uneasiness of demeanor that belonged to her friend, and obviously cared less what others thought of every thing she said or did.

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A few days afterwards an English fleet, commanded by Commodore Peter Warren, sailed also for Louisburg to assist the provincial army.

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"DO--write to me often, my dear Anna!" said the weeping Julia Warren, on parting, for the first time since their acquaintance, with the young lady whom she had honoured with the highest place in her affections.

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Richard Warren Thomas English John Howland Edward Doten Edward Liester

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Weston's coat, carefully wiped the rain from his hat, and gave the cat its supper, busily talking all the time: now thanking her clerical friend for what he had done; now wondering how the cat had found out the warren; and now lamenting the probable consequences of such a discovery.

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'It was Mr Reuben Haredale, Mr Geoffrey's elder brother, that twenty-two years ago was the owner of the Warren, which, as Joe has said--not that you remember it, Joe, for a boy like you can't do that, but because you have often heard me say so--was then a much larger and better place, and a much more valuable property than it is now.

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"Wiki-Wiki," his Hawaiian short story, was bought by WARREN'S MONTHLY for two hundred and fifty dollars.

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Ginger is living in the warren. I do not know what occupation he pursues; he looks stout and comfortable.

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Walking among the sleeping birds in the hedges, watching the skipping rabbits on a moonlit warren, or standing under a pheasant-laden bough, she looked upon herself as a figure of Guilt intruding into the haunts of Innocence.

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This Western observed, but, on seeing Mrs Honour, imputed it to a wrong cause; and having given Jones a hearty curse between jest and earnest, he bid him beat abroad, and not poach up the game in his warren.