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(bʌroʊ, US bɜː-)
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense burrows, present participle burrowing, past tense, past participle burrowed
1. countable noun
A burrow is a tunnel or hole in the ground that is dug by an animal such as a rabbit.
Synonyms: hole, shelter, tunnel, den More Synonyms of burrow
2. verb
If an animal burrows into the ground or into a surface, it moves through it by making a tunnel or hole.
The larvae burrow into cracks in the floor. [VERB preposition/adverb]
Synonyms: dig, tunnel, excavate More Synonyms of burrow
3. verb
If you burrow in a container or pile of things, you search there for something using your hands.
He burrowed into the pile of charts feverishly. [VERB preposition/adverb]
...the enthusiasm with which he burrowed through old records in search of facts. [VERB preposition/adverb]
Synonyms: delve, search, dig, probe More Synonyms of burrow
4. verb
If you burrow into something, you move underneath it or press against it, usually in order to feel warmer or safer.
She turned her face away from him, burrowing into her heap of covers. [VERB preposition/adverb]

burrow in British English

(ˈbʌrəʊ)
noun
1. 
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
verb
3. 
to dig (a burrow) in, through, or under (ground)
4. (intransitive; often foll by through)
to move through by or as by digging
to burrow through the forest
5. (intransitive)
to hide or live in a burrow
6. (intransitive)
to delve deeply
he burrowed into his pockets
7. 
to hide (oneself)
Derived forms
burrower (ˈburrower)
noun
Word origin
C13: probably a variant of borough

burrow in American English

(ˈbɜroʊ)
noun
1. 
a hole or tunnel dug in the ground by an animal
2. 
any similar passage or hole for shelter, refuge, etc.
verb intransitive
3. 
to make a burrow; dig (in, into, under, etc.)
4. 
to live or hide in or as in a burrow
5. 
to delve or search, as if by digging
verb transitive
6. 
to make burrows in (the ground)
7. 
to make by burrowing
8. 
to hide or shelter in or as in a burrow
Word origin
ME burgh (see borough), infl. by bergh, hill, berwen, to defend, take refuge

Examples of 'burrow' in a sentence
burrow

Other years we gave them beers to burrow through their tunnels.
The Sun (2010)
Others dig new burrows or adapt rabbit holes.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
His deep pupils burrow into the viewer.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It drags leaves into its burrow for food.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
We would burrow a hole in the ground and put wood and branches over the top.
The Sun (2008)
But there are badgers who spend less time burrowing into the ground than this side.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He was not the first historian to burrow so deep into the minds of soldiers and their trenches.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He shortened its legs so that it could burrow after rabbits and lengthened them so that it could overhaul the antelope.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Leave the leaves Some creatures use dry leaves to line their nests or burrows.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
We love digging through straw, burrowing tunnels and exploring.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It nests in underground burrows, but finds warmth and food in houses in the winter.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It digs extensive burrows and also digs in search of rodents, which are its main prey.
Burton, John A. Animals of the World (1993)
You can film in the dark; you can film down rabbit burrows.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
WHAT is burrowing holes in my peppers?
The Sun (2014)
A This is caused by an insect called leaf miner burrowing into the leaves.
The Sun (2009)
This was more a dentist's drill, burrowing away until it hit a nerve.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It is the goblins digging and burrowing,' he answered.
George MacDonald The Princess and the Goblin (1872)
If you know how, it is not that hard to burrow away online and steal people's stuff.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Or the total length of the tunnels and burrows dug by puffins beneath the ground in the Faroe Islands?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The British birds will spread all round the coast, and will nest in rabbit burrows or under the floors of seaside buildings.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)

In other languages
burrow

British English: burrow NOUN
A burrow is a tunnel or hole in the ground that is dug by an animal such as a rabbit.
Normally timid, they rarely stray far from their burrows.
  • American English: burrow
  • Brazilian Portuguese: toca
  • Chinese: 洞穴
  • European Spanish: madriguera
  • French: terrier
  • German: Bau
  • Italian: tanasotterranea
  • Japanese: >穴うさぎなどの動物の
  • Korean: 굴
  • European Portuguese: toca
  • Latin American Spanish: madriguera
British English: burrow VERB
If an animal burrows into the ground or into a surface, it moves through it by making a tunnel or hole.
The larvae burrow into cracks in the floor.
  • American English: burrow
  • Brazilian Portuguese: entocar
  • Chinese: 钻洞
  • European Spanish: escarbar
  • French: creuser
  • German: graben
  • Italian: scavare buchi
  • Japanese: >穴を掘る動物が
  • Korean: 굴을 파다
  • European Portuguese: enterrar-se
  • Latin American Spanish: escarbar

Chinese translation of 'burrow'

burrow

(ˈbʌrəu)

n (c)

  1. [of rabbit etc] 地洞 (dìdòng)

vi

  1. (= dig) 打洞 (dǎdòng)
  2. (= rummage) 搜寻(尋) (sōuxún)
(noun) 
Definition
a hole dug in the ground by a rabbit or other small animal
a rabbit's burrow
Synonyms
hole
a rabbit hole
shelter
a shelter for homeless women
tunnel
den
The skunk makes its den in burrows and hollow logs.
lair
a fox's lair
retreat
He spent yesterday in his country retreat.
1 (verb) 
Definition
to dig (a tunnel or hole) in, through, or under ground
The larvae burrow into cracks in the floor.
Synonyms
dig
I changed into clothes more suited to digging.
tunnel
The rebels tunnelled out of a maximum security jail.
excavate
A team of archaeologists is excavating the site.
2 (verb) 
Definition
to delve deeply
He burrowed into the pile of charts.
Synonyms
delve
He delved into his rucksack and pulled out a folder.
search
Armed troops searched the hospital yesterday.
dig
He dug around in his pocket for his keys.
probe
The more they probed into his background, the more suspicious they became.
ferret
She ferreted among some papers.
rummage
They rummage through piles of second-hand clothes.
forage
They were forced to forage for clothes and fuel.
fossick (Australian, New Zealand)
If you fossick around in some specialist music stores, you may be lucky enough to find a copy.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of den
Definition
the home of a wild animal
The skunk makes its den in burrows and hollow logs.
Synonyms
lair,
hole,
shelter,
tunnel,
lodge,
cave,
haunt,
burrow,
cavern,
hide-out
in the sense of excavate
Definition
to make a hole in something by digging into it or hollowing it out
A team of archaeologists is excavating the site.
Synonyms
dig up,
mine,
dig,
tunnel,
scoop,
cut,
hollow,
trench,
burrow,
quarry,
delve,
gouge
in the sense of ferret
Definition
to search around
She ferreted among some papers.
Synonyms
search,
hunt,
sift,
scour,
rummage,
forage,
fossick (Australian, New Zealand)

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