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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bur•row /ˈbɜroʊ, ˈbʌroʊ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Animal Behaviora hole or tunnel in the ground made by an animal:The rabbit reached its burrow.
v. - to dig a burrow (into): [no object]He burrowed into the ground.[~ + object]The rabbit burrowed its way down through the ground.
- to move or proceed by or as if by digging:[no object]She burrowed under the covers.
bur•row•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bur•row (bûr′ō, bur′ō),USA pronunciation n. - Animal Behaviora 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.
v.i. - 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.
v.t. - Animal Behaviorto 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.
- 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
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: burrow /ˈbʌrəʊ/ n - 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
vb - to dig (a burrow) in, through, or under (ground)
- (intransitive) often followed by through: to move through by or as by digging
- (intransitive) to hide or live in a burrow
- (intransitive) to delve deeply: he burrowed into his pockets
- to hide (oneself)
Etymology: 13th Century: probably a variant of boroughˈburrower n |