Word Study
warren
CIDE DICTIONARY
warren, n. [OF. waresne, warenne, garene, F. garenne, from OF. warer, garer, to beware, to take care; of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. war (in comp.), OS. war to take care, to observe, akin to E. wary. Wary.].
- A place privileged, by prescription or grant the king, for keeping certain animals (as hares, conies, partridges, pheasants, etc.) called beasts and fowls of warren. Spelman. [1913 Webster]" The warren is the next franchise in degree to the park; and a forest, which is the highest in dignity, comprehends a chase, a park, and a free warren." [1913 Webster]"They wend both warren and in waste." [1913 Webster]
- A piece of ground for the breeding of rabbits. [1913 Webster]
- A place for keeping flash, in a river. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
warren, n.
1 a a network of interconnecting rabbit burrows. b a piece of ground occupied by this.
2 a densely populated or labyrinthine building or district.
3 hist. a piece of ground on which game is preserved.
1 a a network of interconnecting rabbit burrows. b a piece of ground occupied by this.
2 a densely populated or labyrinthine building or district.
3 hist. a piece of ground on which game is preserved.
Etymology
ME f. AF & ONF warenne, OF garenne game-park f. Gmc
THESAURUS
warren
Augean stables, Hydra, abri, antre, bunker, burrow, cave, cavern, cove, dugout, dump, foxhole, grot, grotto, hole, hotbed, hovel, lair, milk cow, mustard, pesthole, pigpen, pigsty, plague spot, rabbit, rich soil, rookery, seed plot, sewer, slum, stable, sty, subterrane, subway, tenement, the slums, tunnelROGET THESAURUS
warren
Productiveness
N productiveness, fecundity, fertility, luxuriance, uberty, pregnancy, pullulation, fructification, multiplication, propagation, procreation, superfetation, milch cow, rabbit, hydra, warren, seed plot, land flowing with milk and honey, second crop, aftermath, aftercrop, aftergrowth, arrish, eddish, rowen, protoplasm, fertilization, productive, prolific, teeming, teemful, fertile, fruitful, frugiferous, fruit-bearing, fecund, luxuriant, pregnant, uberous, procreant, procreative, generative, life-giving, spermatic, multiparous, omnific, propagable, parturient, profitable.For further exploring for "warren" in Webster Dictionary Online
