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| burrow [ búrrō ] |
noun (plural burrows) |
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1. rabbit's home: a hole or tunnel dug as a living space by a small animal such as a rabbit
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2. snug place: a small snug place created by digging or hollowing
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verb (3rd person present singular burrows, present participle burrowing, past and past participle burrowed) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb dig hole or tunnel: to make a hole or tunnel by digging
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2. intransitive verb be in burrow: to hide or live in a burrow
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3. intransitive verb penetrate by digging: to move through something solid by digging or by creating a space
  He burrowed through the undergrowth.
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4. intransitive verb look into something thoroughly: to research or investigate something very thoroughly
had spent years burrowing into the history of the era
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| [13th century. Variant of borough] |
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| burrower noun |
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