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[ bur -oh, buhr -oh ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈbɜr oʊ, ˈbʌr oʊ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a hole or tunnel in the ground made by a rabbit, fox, or similar animal for habitation and refuge.
a place of retreat; shelter or refuge.
verb (used without object) to make a hole or passage in, into, or under something.
to lodge in a burrow.
to hide.
to proceed by or as if by digging.
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (used with object) to put a burrow into (a hill, mountainside, etc.).
to hide (oneself), as in a burrow.
to make by or as if by burrowing: We burrowed our way through the crowd.
SEE MORE SEE LESS Origin of burrow 1325–75; Middle English borow, earlier burh, apparently gradational variant of late Middle English beri burrow, variant of earlier berg refuge, Old English gebeorg, derivative of beorgan to protect; akin to Old English burgen grave, i.e., place of protection for a body; see bury
OTHER WORDS FROM burrow bur·row·er, noun un·bur·rowed, adjective
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH burrow borough, burro, burrow Words nearby burrow Burrillville, burrito, burro, burro's tail, Burroughs, burrow , burrowing blenny, burrowing owl, burrstone, burry, bursa
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Example sentences from the Web for burrow Trace fossils also include preserved tracks, burrow s and feces.
Fossil stomach reveals a dinosaur’s last meal | Carolyn Wilke| July 7, 2020| Science News For Students
If opened, the RAT will burrow into the host computer and give control of the machine to the hacker.
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You start with pain, burrow into dirt, get to memory, and end with motive.
Who Is Philip Roth’s Portnoy Satirizing? | Bernard Avishai| August 28, 2012| DAILY BEAST
This is not a bug that can get on the surface and burrow in.
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Species do not burrow in the skin, but produce a scab similar to sheep scab.
Handbook of Medical Entomology | William Albert Riley
Mr Burrow proves himself an artist with many sides to his perception.
The History of Gambling in England | John Ashton
But a great number of the bivalve Testacea, and many also of the turbinated univalves, burrow in sand or mud.
Principles of Geology | Charles Lyell
She picks up the caterpillar, brings it to the mouth of the burrow and lays it down.
A Book of Natural History | Various
They may dig a well, make a cave, or a pond, or burrow underground and make tunnels like a mole.
Study of Child Life | Marion Foster Washburne
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British Dictionary definitions for burrow noun a hole or tunnel dug in the ground by a rabbit, fox, or other small animal, for habitation or shelter
a small snug place affording shelter or retreat
verb to dig (a burrow) in, through, or under (ground)
(intr often foll by through ) to move through by or as by digging to burrow through the forest
(intr) to hide or live in a burrow
(intr) to delve deeply he burrowed into his pockets
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Derived forms of burrow burrower , noun Word Origin for burrow C13: probably a variant of borough
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Words related to burrow delve, lair, tunnel, couch, shelter, den, hovel, retreat, excavate, undermine, hollow out