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noun | verb tunneltunnel1 /ˈtʌnl/ ●●● W3 noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYtunnel1Origin: 1400-1500 Old French tonel barrel, from tonne, from Medieval Latin tunna 1 a passage that has been dug under the ground, through a mountain, etc. for people, cars, or trains to go through2a passage under the ground that animals have dug to live in [Origin: 1400–1500 Old French tonel barrel, from tonne, from Medieval Latin tunna] noun | verb tunneltunnel2 verb [intransitive always + adv./prep., transitive] VERB TABLEtunnel |
Present | I, you, we, they | tunnel | | he, she, it | tunnels | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | tunneled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have tunneled | | he, she, it | has tunneled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had tunneled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will tunnel | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have tunneled |
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Present | I | am tunneling | | he, she, it | is tunneling | | you, we, they | are tunneling | Past | I, he, she, it | was tunneling | | you, we, they | were tunneling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been tunneling | | he, she, it | has been tunneling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been tunneling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be tunneling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been tunneling |
1to dig a long passage under the ground: tunnel under/through etc. something Rescuers tunneled toward the men trapped in the mine.2if insects or animals tunnel into something, they make holes in it: tunnel through/into etc. something The grubs tunnel into the wood. |