verb
- making or living in a den (present participle of ‘den’)
Usage: refers to animals creating or occupying dens
Examples
- The bears are denning in the cave for winter hibernation.
- Foxes were denning under the old barn.
- The wolves spent weeks denning in the rocky outcrop.
- Rangers observed the animals denning behavior during the cold season.
- The female coyote was denning to prepare for her pups.
- Scientists studied the denning patterns of arctic foxes.