bur´row|er

bur´row|er
bur|row «BUR oh», noun, verb.
–n.
1. a hole dug in the ground by an animal for refuge or shelter. Rabbits and woodchucks live in burrows.
2. Figurative: »

The chief advantage of London is that a man is always so near his burrow (James Boswell).

–v.i.
1. to dig a hole in the ground: »

The mole quickly burrowed out of sight.

SYNONYM(S): tunnel.
2. to live in burrows.
3. Figurative. to work a way into or under something: »

She burrowed under the blankets.

4. Figurative. to hide oneself: »

The fugitive burrowed into the alleys and covered passageways.

5. Figurative. to search: »

She burrowed in the library for a book about Indian life.

–v.t.
1. to make burrows in; dig: »

Rabbits have burrowed the ground for miles around.

2. Figurative. to hide in or as if in a burrow: »

The runaway burrowed himself in the haystack.

3. to make by burrowing: »

dens burrowed in the mountainside.

╂[Middle English borowe, apparently related to Old English beorg hill, barrow, burial place, gebeorg refuge]
–bur´row|er, noun.

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