Burrow
['bʌrəʊ] or ['bɝro]
Definition
(noun.) a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter.
(verb.) move through by or as by digging; 'burrow through the forest'.
Checked by Gilbert--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) An incorporated town. See 1st Borough.
(n.) A shelter; esp. a hole in the ground made by certain animals, as rabbits, for shelter and habitation.
(n.) A heap or heaps of rubbish or refuse.
(n.) A mound. See 3d Barrow, and Camp, n., 5.
(v. i.) To excavate a hole to lodge in, as in the earth; to lodge in a hole excavated in the earth, as conies or rabbits.
(v. i.) To lodge, or take refuge, in any deep or concealed place; to hide.
Typist: Vern
Definition
n. a hole in the ground dug by certain animals for shelter or defence.—v.i. to make holes underground as rabbits: to dwell in a concealed place.—ns. Burr′ow-duck the sheldrake or bergander; Burr′owing-owl a small long-legged diurnal American owl nesting in burrows; Burr′owstown (Scot.) a town that is a burgh.
Editor: Rosanne
Examples
- This is a determinant which burrows beneath our ordinary classification of progressive and reactionary to the spiritual habits of a period. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The tarantula, like many other members of the spider family, is an expert in the making of burrows. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Its burrows are artfully planned. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He was like some terrible moral huntsman digging mankind out of the snug burrows in which they had lived hitherto. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They spoke of those hours of burrowing. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The eyes of moles and of some burrowing rodents are rudimentary in size, and in some cases are quite covered by skin and fur. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The only remaining point was what they were burrowing for. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The farmer, compared with the proprietor, is as a merchant who trades with burrowed money, compared with one who trades with his own. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- She petted Margaret in every possible way, and bought every delicacy, or soft luxury in which she herself would have burrowed and sought comfort. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Here, in these holes in the ground, the first Christians sometimes burrowed to escape persecution. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Checker: Newman