burrow (redirected from burrowing)

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

Noun

a hole dug in the ground by a rabbit or other small animal

Verb

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

2. to move through a place by or as if by digging

3. to delve deeply: he burrowed into his coat pocket

4. to live in or as if in a burrow [probably variant of borough]

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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 1. hole, shelter, tunnel, den, lair, retreat

verb 2. dig, tunnel, excavate

verb 3. delve, search, dig, probe, ferret, rummage, forage, fossick Austral., N.Z.

Translations

burrow [ˈbʌrəu] n → madriguera

vt → hacer una madriguera

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burrow [ˈbʌrəu] n → terrier m

vt → creuser

vi [rabbit] → creuser un terrier (= rummage); fouiller

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burrow [ˈbʌrəu] n → Bau m

vi → graben;

(rummage) → wühlen

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burrow [ˈbʌrəu] n → tana

vt → scavare

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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 구멍, 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 (狐、兔等)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 κάτω από φτιάχνω τρύπες τη γη, τρυπώνω, χώνομαι cavar käike kaevama, kaevuma تونل زدن kaivaa, kaivautua creuser לַחְפוֹר מְחִילָה खोदना iskopati ás (üreget) berlindung, bersembunyi grafa sig scavare 穴を掘る 구멍을 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 打地洞 рити нору بل بنانا ، چھید نکالنا đào hang 打地洞