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burrow
hole dug in the ground; to dig a hole
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bur·row
(bûr′ō, bŭr′ō)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.]
bur′row·er n.
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burrow
(ˈbʌrəʊ)n
1. (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
3. to dig (a burrow) in, through, or under (ground)
4. (often foll by: through) to move through by or as by digging: to burrow through the forest.
5. (intr) to hide or live in a burrow
6. (intr) to delve deeply: he burrowed into his pockets.
7. to hide (oneself)
[C13: probably a variant of borough]
ˈburrower n
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bur•row
(ˈbɜr oʊ, ˈbʌr oʊ)n.
1. a hole or tunnel in the ground made by an animal, as a rabbit, for habitation and refuge.
2. a place of retreat.
v.i. 3. to dig a burrow.
4. to lodge or hide in a burrow.
5. to proceed by or as if by digging.
v.t. 6. to dig a burrow into.
7. to hide in a burrow.
8. to make by or as if by digging.
[1325–75; Middle English borow, earlier burh]
bur′row•er, 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.
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burrow
Past participle: burrowed
Gerund: burrowing
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Noun | 1. | burrow - a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter 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" |
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burrow
verb
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burrow
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Translations
جُحريَحْفُرُ جُحْرا، يَخْتَبِئ
díradoupěhrabat si doupěnorazahrabat se
grave sig nedhulekaninhule
ásföldbe ásott lyuk
grafa siggreni, hola, göng
olaraustisurvas
alapaslēptiesrakt aluslēpties alā
zahrabať sa
brlog
burrow
[ˈbʌrəʊ]A. N [of animal] → madriguera f; [of rabbit] → conejera f
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
to burrow into → hacer madrigueras en, horadar (fig) → investigar minuciosamente
he burrowed under the bedclothes → se metió debajo de la ropa de cama
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
burrow
[ˈbʌrəʊ]Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
burrow
(ˈbarəu) , ((American) ˈbə:-) noun a hole dug for shelter. a rabbit burrow.
verb to make holes underground or in a similar place for shelter etc; The mole burrows underground; He burrowed under the bedclothes.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
burrow
n (of scabies) surco (de la sarna); vi hacer un surco, hacer surcosEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.