HOW TO PRONOUNCE
burrow
/ˈbʌɹoʊ/
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What does burrow mean?
noun
- A tunnel or hole, or a system of tunnels, often as dug by a small creature for use as a home.
verb
- To dig a tunnel or hole.
- To move underneath or press up against in search of safety or comfort.
More meanings (8)
verb
- To investigate thoroughly.
proper noun
- A surname.
- A hamlet in Broadclyst parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SX9997).
- A settlement in Newton Poppleford and Harpford parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY0789).
- A settlement in Kingsbury Episcopi parish, Somerset, which includes Higher Burrow and Lower Burrow (OS grid ref ST4120).
- A hamlet in Wootton Courtenay parish and Timberscombe parish, Somerset (OS grid ref SS9342).
noun
- (obsolete) Obsolete form of barrow (“a mound”).
- (obsolete) Obsolete form of borough (“an incorporated town”).
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IPA pronunciation
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This diabolical agent had the Divine permission, for a season, to burrow into the clergyman’s intimacy, and plot against his soul.
After the first thaw, the chipmunks burrow a hole through the snow crust and make their first appearance for the season.
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We advanced cautiously to a prospective lion, only to discover that the roaring proceeded from the depths of a wart-hog burrow.
The piggiebillahs burrow into the sand and leave their young there as soon as the faintest feel of a spine appears.
My two subjects are reinstalled in my study under their wire-gauze covers, with bed of sand, reed-stump burrow and fresh honey, complete.