unburrowv.
1. intransitive. To come out of a burrow. Also figurative.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > from concealment, confinement, or obscurity
to break outOE
to come forthOE
to start outa1382
unnesta1413
to break covert (also cover)1602
untapis1602
unkennel1695
emerge1700
unburrow1744
tibble1840
tib1853
1744 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 280 If Ma[rsha]l Saxe will not unburrow I have advised our sending strong partys of horse [etc.].
1827 J. Montgomery Pelican Island iii. 158 Hence the young brood, that never knew a parent, Unburrowed and by instinct sought the sea.
2. transitive. To bring or force out of a burrow.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel > from a lair, nest, or hole
unnestlec1450
unnest?1533
unkennel1565
unharbour1575
unden1598
unharborough1611
bolt1615
unearth1622
unburrow1860
1860 C. Dickens Uncommerc. Traveller in All Year Round 26 May 158/1 He feigns that he can bring down sparrows, and unburrow rats.
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