burrow

[US]/ˈbʌrəʊ/
[UK]/ˈbɜːroʊ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. & vi. excavate (a hole); dig
vi. search through
n. a hole in the ground

Phrases & Collocations

dig a burrow

wildlife burrow

burrow into

Example Sentences

(into) burrow into a mystery

burrow a path through the crowd

Earthworms burrow deep into the subsoil.

worms that burrow through dead wood.

The rabbits burrowed into the hillside.

moles burrowing away underground.

the child burrowed deeper into the bed.

she burrowed her face into the pillow.

she burrowed down beneath the covers.

What are you burrowing around in my drawer for?

journalists are burrowing into the prime minister's business affairs.

Mrs Burrows had been paralysed by a stroke.

cylindrical mass of earth voided by a burrowing earthworm or lugworm.

The turtle hibernates in a shallow burrow for six months of the year.

A freckle-face blenny peeks from its reef burrow in the Solomon Islands.

A spinifex hopping mouse in its burrow entrance.

I shall come down your burrow and chivvy you out like an old stoat.

She burrowed her head in the pillow and cried and kicked her feet at the tufted counterpane .

Real-world Examples

Some of the smaller species, like thescelosaurs and leptoceratops, could have burrowed underground and hibernated.

Source: Scientific 60 Seconds - Scientific American October 2021 Compilation

Giant tortoises, however, can't burrow. And they sleep above ground.

Source: Wild New World: Ice Age Oasis

Small mammals most likely burrowed underground.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds Listening Collection October 2014

Seeing it as getting my little burrow ready for a period of hibernation.

Source: The yearned rural life

A kangaroo rat or some other desert rodent inhales cocci while digging its burrow.

Source: Vox opinion

A lopsided sign stuck in the ground near the entrance read, the burrow.

Source: 2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Yours will call me, like music, out of my burrow.

Source: The Little Prince

During the day, they hide out in their burrows or in the foliage of trees.

Source: Insect Kingdom Season 2 (Original Soundtrack Version)

All around Harry quills were scratching on parchment like scurrying, burrowing rats.

Source: 5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

At 12 meters, we can find the deepest burrows dug by animals — the Nile crocodile.

Source: Realm of Legends

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