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burrow

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈbʌɹəʊ/
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/ˈbʌɹəʊ/ · /ˈbʌɹoʊ/ (US) · /ˈbɜɹoʊ/ · /ˈbʊɹəʊ/ · /-ɹoʊ/ · /-ɹoː/ · /-ɹə/ · /ˈbʌɾo/ · /ˈbʌɾou/

Definition of burrow

11 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.
    “But very soon he grew to like it, for the Boy used to talk to him, and made nice tunnels for him under the bedclothes that he said were like the burrows the real rabbits lived in.”
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noun

  1. A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.
    “But very soon he grew to like it, for the Boy used to talk to him, and made nice tunnels for him under the bedclothes that he said were like the burrows the real rabbits lived in.”
  2. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete form of barrow (“a mound”).
  3. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete form of borough (“an incorporated town”).

verb

  1. (intransitive)To dig a tunnel or hole.
  2. (intransitive)To move underneath or press up against in search of safety or comfort.
    “The young girl burrowed into the bed.”
  3. (intransitive)To investigate thoroughly.
    “The journalist burrowed into the origins of the mayor's corruption.”

name

  1. (countable, uncountable)A surname.
  2. (countable, uncountable)A place in England:
  3. (countable, uncountable)A place in England:
  4. (countable, uncountable)A place in England:
  5. (countable, uncountable)A place in England:

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Etymology

From Middle English borowe, borewe, borwȝ, burȝe, burh, burye (“refuge for an animal, lair, burrow”), apparently a variant of Middle English burgh (“fortified dwelling, stronghold, refuge”) (see borough) and thus…

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From Middle English borowe, borewe, borwȝ, burȝe, burh, burye (“refuge for an animal, lair, burrow”), apparently a variant of Middle English burgh (“fortified dwelling, stronghold, refuge”) (see borough) and thus from Old English burh, from Proto-West Germanic *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”), but this sense is not known in Old English burh. Compare, however, Dutch cognate burcht, which has a similar sense. It may be related to bury (“to dig”), in which case it would be derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to protect, defend, save, preserve”).

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