LION
- large tawny animal of the cat family, native to Africa and Asia
- to confront or attack someone, esp. a powerful or feared person, in that person's own familiar surroundings
- to tax the patience of or provoke a person, group, nation, or government, esp. that of Great Britain
- a large, carnivorous feline mammal [n LIONS]
- a large, carnivorous, feline animal [n -S]