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Meanings of burrow in English
Synonyms
Examples for "tunnel"
Examples for "tunnel"
1
Mr Aspen said the tunnel could result in slightly shorter travel times.
2
Car uncoupled in tunnel; explosion; both men instantly killed; submarine tunnel wrecked.
3
Ted said he saw somethin' moving along the wall in the tunnel.
4
He added: We have not seen an exit point from the tunnel.
5
It is a third water tunnel, however, that is the most critical.
Usage of burrow in English
1
When I was young I lived in a burrow in the forest.
2
They enter the burrow; and the murder is committed far from sight.
3
The darkness in the burrow was now full of light for me.
4
The typical mound is one which covers the perpendicular burrow in Fig.
5
They use the stone tunnels, or burrow temporary ones in the snow.
6
You can slip down again after dark and burrow in the haystack.
7
The Monkey followed the Live Rabbit on down through the winding burrow.
8
But death forgot me; and I had to make myself a burrow.
9
I deemed it worth the risk and stepped into the darkened burrow.
10
Supposedly she made her home in a burrow beneath a hollow tree.
11
The male does not burrow and it is therefore easier to kill.
12
In the glass burrow beneath their feet, the flames began to rise.
13
A shallow pit is made, the mere commencement of the projected burrow.
14
They are sea-urchins, Amphidotus cordatus, which burrow by thousands in the sand.
15
Their only chance for survival is to burrow and hide, then escape.
16
She then goes back to the burrow and digs for a while.
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Burrow across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common