to burrow
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4.0
- verb
- /ˈbɜːroʊ/
:
cavar
- The novel opens with the observation that Toronto "is a city that burrows, tunnels, and turns underground."
- burrow into the soil
- animals burrow
- moles burrow
So it was going from nesting to burrowing to cocooning.
- So it was going from nesting to burrowing to cocooning.
- All life, everything organic that wriggles or squirms or Burrows or flies or swarms or lays eggs.
- Now pests, what they'll do is they'll actually, if they're a winter burrowing pest, they'll Burrow, they'll come out during warm weather.
- And so because they're kind of your your little, they just burrowed little underground tunnels in your, in your soil.
- It just sort of Burrows deep into our unconscious minds and comes out at night while we sleep.
- And there is nothing docile about this fungus because it as soon as it attaches to the Ant, it Burrows into the Ant and it starts rapidly growing.
- So you have to actually Burrow underground until you have a nice thick layer of crust to protect you from that radiation.
- And then Jasper will, he'll Burrow down to the bottom and then in the middle of the night, we'll just hear him like whimpering down there.
- It means that this little baby that's burrowing in is doing everything that it can at this point.
- One of the one of the injuries that you you sustain that I gotta hear more about is the fact that you had like maggots burrowing in your toe.
- So I say Stew, percolate, pester, truck, Burrow, besiege, confront, damage level, and most of all care.
Examples
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So I burrowed my way into the Division's networks, waiting for the moment to strike.
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As she has said, "I try to burrow as deeply as I can into characters."
Academic text (1996) -
The split opened back into the lava for some distance, burrowing down into the earth.
Fiction book (1992) -
There's another application, which is burrowing into sand or soil.
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"Macropores can be created by animals burrowing through the ground or by water pressure," says Angier.
Academic text (2002) -
On the rose trellises, beetles burrow their way through soft, sweet petals.
Fiction book (1992) -
It burrows into the skin and lays its eggs inside.
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A sigh escaped him when Jory burrowed deeper into the nest his arm created.
Fiction book (1994) -
WE BURROW THROUGH LIKE MOLES, THEN BY DAWN WE'RE UNDER THE WIRE, ACROSS THE OPEN SPACE, INTO THE WOODS, AND GONE.
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The rabbit likes to burrow into the soft earth to create a warm nest.
Synonyms
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1.0
To move earth with a tool to make a hole
23
3.5
To dig a passage under something
13
8.2
To dig a tunnel through rock or earth
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6.0
To make a hole by removing earth or rock
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6.3
To dig and loosen soil, for example with a spade
To go into the ground to hide, like a rabbit
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Etymology
Burrow comes from an old English word for a 'shelter' or hidden place. So to burrow is to move through the ground by digging to make a safe tunnel, like an animal looking for cover.