Burrow

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A hole or tunnel dug in the ground by a small animal, such as a rabbit or mole, for habitation or refuge.
  • n. A narrow or snug place.
  • verb-intransitive. To dig a hole or tunnel for habitation or refuge.
  • verb-intransitive. To live or hide in such a place.
  • verb-intransitive. To move or progress by or as if by digging or tunneling: "Suddenly the train is burrowing through the pinewoods” ( William Styron).
  • v. To make by or as if by tunneling.
  • v. To dig a hole or tunnel in or through.
  • v. Archaic To hide in or as if in a burrow.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.
  • v. To dig a tunnel or hole.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An incorporated town. See 1st borough.
  • n. A shelter; esp. a hole in the ground made by certain animals, as rabbits, for shelter and habitation.
  • n. A heap or heaps of rubbish or refuse.
  • n. A mound. See 3d Barrow, and Camp, n., 5.
  • verb-intransitive. To excavate a hole to lodge in, as in the earth; to lodge in a hole excavated in the earth, as conies or rabbits.
  • verb-intransitive. To lodge, or take refuge, in any deep or concealed place; to hide.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An obsolete spelling of borough.
  • n. A barrow; a mound. Sir T. Browne. See barrow.
  • n. In mining, the heap of refuse rock at the mouth of a shaft, or entrance of an adit-level or tunnel.
  • n. A hole in the ground excavated by an animal, as a rabbit or a marmot, as a refuge and habitation.
  • n. [Perhaps in ref. to the usually circular shape of mounds; cf. the equiv. Sc. brough, otherwise referred to burrow = borough = brough, q. v. In mod. English dial. abbr. burr.] A circle. Compare bur, burr, 2.
  • To make a hole or burrow to lodge in, as in the earth; work a way into or under something.
  • To lodge in a burrow; in a more general sense, to lodge in any deep or concealed place; hide.
  • To perforate with a burrow or as with burrows.
  • n. A variant of borrow.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. move through by or as by digging
  • n. a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter
  • Verb Form
    burrowed    burrowes    burrowing    burrows   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    delve    dig    turnover    cut into   
    Cross Reference
    lair   
    Variant
    borough    barrow    camp   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    shelter    hide    dig    works    earth    mole    gopher    mine   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    boro    burro    burrough    furrow    pero    thorough   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    cavern    crevice    gully    droppings    passageway    crater    cavity    warren    grotto    cellar