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burrow
burrowhole dug in the ground; to dig a hole
Not to be confused with:borough – a town or villageburro – small donkey burrowburrow of a woodchuckA. entranceB. spy holeC. excrement chamberD. nestbur·row B0405800 (bûr′ō, bŭr′ō)n.1. A hole or tunnel dug in the ground by a small animal, such as a rabbit or mole, for habitation or refuge.2. A narrow or snug place.v. bur·rowed, bur·row·ing, bur·rows v.intr.1. a. To dig a hole or tunnel for habitation or refuge.b. To live or hide in such a place.2. To move or progress by or as if by digging or tunneling: "Suddenly the train is burrowing through the pinewoods" (William Styron).v.tr.1. To make by or as if by tunneling.2. To dig a hole or tunnel in or through.3. Archaic To hide in or as if in a burrow.
[Middle English borow.]
bur′row·er n.burrow (ˈbʌrəʊ) n1. (Zoology) a hole or tunnel dug in the ground by a rabbit, fox, or other small animal, for habitation or shelter2. a small snug place affording shelter or retreatvb3. to dig (a burrow) in, through, or under (ground)4. (often foll by: through) to move through by or as by digging: to burrow through the forest. 5. (intr) to hide or live in a burrow6. (intr) to delve deeply: he burrowed into his pockets. 7. to hide (oneself)[C13: probably a variant of borough] ˈburrower nbur•row (ˈbɜr oʊ, ˈbʌr oʊ)
n. 1. a hole or tunnel in the ground made by an animal, as a rabbit, for habitation and refuge. 2. a place of retreat. v.i. 3. to dig a burrow. 4. to lodge or hide in a burrow. 5. to proceed by or as if by digging. v.t. 6. to dig a burrow into. 7. to hide in a burrow. 8. to make by or as if by digging. [1325–75; Middle English borow, earlier burh] bur′row•er, n. Burrow a heap or mound; esp., an animal’s hiding- or dwelling-place, hence, the animals themselves collectively.Examples: burrow of conies, 1669; of foxes, 1538; of puffins, 1832; of rubbish, 1875; of rabbits, 1540; of soil, 1784; of barking squirrels or prairie dogs, 1814.burrow
Past participle: burrowed
Gerund: burrowing
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| I burrow | | you burrow | | he/she/it burrows | | we burrow | | you burrow | | they burrow |
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| I burrowed | | you burrowed | | he/she/it burrowed | | we burrowed | | you burrowed | | they burrowed |
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| I am burrowing | | you are burrowing | | he/she/it is burrowing | | we are burrowing | | you are burrowing | | they are burrowing |
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| I have burrowed | | you have burrowed | | he/she/it has burrowed | | we have burrowed | | you have burrowed | | they have burrowed |
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| I was burrowing | | you were burrowing | | he/she/it was burrowing | | we were burrowing | | you were burrowing | | they were burrowing |
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| I had burrowed | | you had burrowed | | he/she/it had burrowed | | we had burrowed | | you had burrowed | | they had burrowed |
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| I will burrow | | you will burrow | | he/she/it will burrow | | we will burrow | | you will burrow | | they will burrow |
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| I will have burrowed | | you will have burrowed | | he/she/it will have burrowed | | we will have burrowed | | you will have burrowed | | they will have burrowed |
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| I will be burrowing | | you will be burrowing | | he/she/it will be burrowing | | we will be burrowing | | you will be burrowing | | they will be burrowing |
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| I have been burrowing | | you have been burrowing | | he/she/it has been burrowing | | we have been burrowing | | you have been burrowing | | they have been burrowing |
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| I will have been burrowing | | you will have been burrowing | | he/she/it will have been burrowing | | we will have been burrowing | | you will have been burrowing | | they will have been burrowing |
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| I had been burrowing | | you had been burrowing | | he/she/it had been burrowing | | we had been burrowing | | you had been burrowing | | they had been burrowing |
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| I would burrow | | you would burrow | | he/she/it would burrow | | we would burrow | | you would burrow | | they would burrow |
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| I would have burrowed | | you would have burrowed | | he/she/it would have burrowed | | we would have burrowed | | you would have burrowed | | they would have burrowed |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  burrow - a hole made by an animal, usually for sheltertunnelhollow, hole - a depression hollowed out of solid matterrabbit warren, warren - a series of connected underground tunnels occupied by rabbits | | Verb | 1. |  burrow - move through by or as by digging; "burrow through the forest"tunnelcut into, delve, dig, turn over - turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration" |
burrownoun1. hole, shelter, tunnel, den, lair, retreat a rabbit's burrowverb1. dig, tunnel, excavate The larvae burrow into cracks in the floor.2. delve, search, dig, probe, ferret, rummage, forage, fossick (Austral. & N.Z.) He burrowed into the pile of charts.burrownounA place used as an animal's dwelling:den, hole, lair.Translationsburrow (ˈbarəu) , ((American) ˈbə:-) noun a hole dug for shelter. a rabbit burrow. 地洞 （狐、兔等）地洞 verb to make holes underground or in a similar place for shelter etc; The mole burrows underground; He burrowed under the bedclothes. 挖地洞 打地洞Burrow
burrow[′bər·ō] (mining engineering) A refuse heap at a coal mine. Burrow a temporary or permanent shelter constructed by an animal in soil or, more rarely, solid rock; in the wood or the bark of trees; or in the bottom of bodies of water. Burrows provide protection against predators and shelter against bad weather (a relatively constant and favorable microclimate is created in them); they are used for storing food and for reproduction and raising of young. Primary (nesting) burrows often perform all these functions, while auxiliary burrows perform just one function. The primary burrows of mammals are usually connected with auxiliary burrows by paths leading to feeding areas and to above-ground shelters. The complex burrows of marmots, gerbils, microtines, and other rodents consist of tunnels and chambers for nests and food supplies. They can be as deep as 5–7 m and have from several dozen to hundreds of entrances. The burrows of many animals (large rodents, arctic foxes, and common foxes) are renovated and altered from generation to generation and may last hundreds or even thousands of years. Such adaptation of the place of habitation to the needs of the inhabitants, constantly maintained by an uninterrupted line of generations, is an important element in the life of a species. The burrows of amphibians, reptiles, and birds are simple and small, often nothing more than mere depressions in the ground. The burrows of invertebrates (worms and insects) are equally simple. The complex systems of passageways made by insects that are wood pests serve the purpose of feeding tunnels. In loose soil or ground litter, animals (worms, insects, and insect larvae) make passages by moving particles of soil with their bodies, “mining” the ground. In solid ground, they use their claws (talpids and sokhors) or break up the substrate with their beaks (bank swallows and bee-eaters). Some animals use their jaws to break up the earth and gnaw out the burrow; this is typical of many insects (various wasps and bees) and those mammals (mole rats, mole voles, and jerboas) whose incisors protrude out of the mouth and are very powerful. Pholadid mollusks bore through rock by secreting an acid that breaks down the rock. Burrows, especially complex ones, are sometimes shared by the owners with many other animals. For example, more than 200 species of myriopods, mites, ticks, fleas, true lice, and other cohabitants live in the burrows of great gerbils in the deserts of Middle Asia. During hot and cold seasons, snakes, lizards, tortoises, and turtles take refuge in other animals’ burrows. Some birds, for example, wheatears and various sheldrakes, including the ruddy sheldrake, nest in the burrows of other animals. Hedgehogs and shrews live in burrows they do not build themselves. The complex biocenosis of a burrow may ensure the prolonged existence of the agents of dangerous diseases (the plague, leishmaniases, spirochetoses, and others); as a result, an area where there are many such burrows becomes a stable natural seat of these diseases. REFERENCESNaumov, N. P. Ekologiia zhivotnykh, 2nd ed. Moscow, 1963.
Pavlovskii, E. N. Prirodnaia ochagovost’ transmissivnykh boleznei. Moscow-Leningrad, 1964.
Dinesman, L. G. Izuchenie istorii biogeotsenozov po noram zhivotnykh. Moscow, 1968.N. P. NAUMOV burrow
bur·row (ber'ō), 1. A subcutaneous tunnel or tract made by a parasite (for example, scabies mite). 2. A sinus or fistula. 3. (Rare) To undermine or create a tunnel or tract through or beneath various tissue planes. burrow (bur'ro) A tunnel made in or under the skin (e.g., by an insect or a parasite). See: cutaneous larva migrans; scabiesburrow
Synonyms for burrownoun holeSynonyms- hole
- shelter
- tunnel
- den
- lair
- retreat
verb digSynonymsverb delveSynonyms- delve
- search
- dig
- probe
- ferret
- rummage
- forage
- fossick
Synonyms for burrownoun a place used as an animal's dwellingSynonymsSynonyms for burrownoun a hole made by an animal, usually for shelterSynonymsRelated Words- hollow
- hole
- rabbit warren
- warren
verb move through by or as by diggingSynonymsRelated Words- cut into
- delve
- dig
- turn over
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