burrow (redirected from burrowed)

bur·row  (bûr, br) 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.] burrow·er n.

burrow summer burrow of a woodchuck A. entrance B. spy hole C. excrement chamber D. nest

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burrow [ˈbʌrəʊ]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a hole or tunnel dug in the ground by a rabbit, fox, or other small animal, for habitation or shelter

2. a small snug place affording shelter or retreat

vb

1. to dig (a burrow) in, through, or under (ground)

2. (intr; often foll by through) to move through by or as by digging to burrow through the forest

3. (intr) to hide or live in a burrow

4. (intr) to delve deeply he burrowed into his pockets

5. to hide (oneself)

[probably a variant of borough]

burrower  n

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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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	burrow - a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter tunnel hollow, hole - a depression hollowed out of solid matter rabbit 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" tunnel cut into, delve, dig, turn over - turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"

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burrow

noun

hole, shelter, tunnel, den, lair, retreat a rabbit's burrow

verb

1. 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.

Translations

burrow [ˈbʌrəʊ]

A. N [of animal] → madriguera f; [of rabbit] → conejera f

B. VT [+ hole] → cavar
to burrow one's way → abrirse camino cavando (into en)

C. VI [animal] → hacer una madriguera
to burrow into → hacer madrigueras en, horadar (fig) → investigar minuciosamente
he burrowed under the bedclothes → se metió debajo de la ropa de cama

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burrow [ˈbʌrəʊ]

n → terrier m

vi

[animal] → creuser

[person looking for sth] to burrow into a pile → fouiller dans une pile
to burrow through sth → fouiller dans qch

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burrow

n (of rabbit etc) → Bau m

vi (rabbits, dogs etc) → graben, buddeln (inf); (= make a burrow) → einen Bau graben; they had burrowed under the fence → sie hatten sich (dat) → ein Loch or (below ground) → einen Gang unterm Zaun gegraben or gebuddelt (inf)

vt hole → graben, buddeln (inf); to burrow one’s way into something (fig) → sich in etw (acc) → einschleichen

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burrow [ˈbʌrəʊ]

1. n (of rabbit) → tana, cunicolo

2. vt (hole) → scavare
to burrow one's way (under/through ) → scavarsi un tunnel (sotto/attraverso )

3. vi (rabbits) → scavare gallerie
he burrowed under the bedclothes → si è rintanato sotto le coperte

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burrow [ˈbʌrəʊ]

1. n (of rabbit) → tana, cunicolo

2. vt (hole) → scavare
to burrow one's way (under/through ) → scavarsi un tunnel (sotto/attraverso )

3. vi (rabbits) → scavare gallerie
he burrowed under the bedclothes → si è rintanato sotto le coperte

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burrow

n burrow [ˈbarəu, (American ) ˈbə:-]

a hole dug for shelter a rabbit burrow. gat, lêplek جُحر дупка в земята doupě, nora, díra hule; kaninhule der Bau λαγούμι madriguera urg لانۀ زیرزمینی kolo terrier מְחִילָה बिल jazbina (földbe ásott) lyuk liang greni, hola, göng tana 穴 굴 urvas, ola (dzīvnieka) ala lubang dalam tanah hol (kanin)hule, (reve)hi jama, nora toca vizuină нора brloh, nora brlog jazbina håla รูหรือโพรง oyuk 地洞 нора, хід بل ، کھوہ ، بھٹ cái hang （狐、兔等）地洞

v

to make holes underground or in a similar place for shelter etc; The mole burrows underground; He burrowed under the bedclothes. grawe يَحْفُرُ جُحْرا، يَخْتَبِئ изравям (vy)hrabat si doupě, zahrabat se grave sig ned sich verkriechen φτιάχνω τρύπες κάτω από τη γη, τρυπώνω, χώνομαι cavar käike kaevama, kaevuma تونل زدن kaivaa kolo creuser לַחְפוֹר מְחִילָה खोदना iskopati ás (üreget) berlindung, bersembunyi grafa sig scavare 穴を掘る 굴을 파다 raustis rakt alu; slēpties alā; paslēpties membuat lubang graven, wroeten grave seg ned i ryć fazer toca a săpa; a se ascunde, a se piti зарываться (в норе), прятаться zahrabať sa (iz)kopati iskopati gräva sig fram (ner) มุด oymak, yuva yapmak; saklanmak 挖地洞 рити нору بل بنانا ، چھید نکالنا đào hang 打地洞