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Meanings of burrow in inglês

português
cova
catalão
llodriguera
espanhol
madriguera

A hole made by an animal, usually for shelter.

        cova
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        Examples for "tunnel"
        Examples for "tunnel"
        1
        Mr Aspen said the tunnel could result in slightly shorter travel times.
        Radio NZ
        2
        Car uncoupled in tunnel; explosion; both men instantly killed; submarine tunnel wrecked.
        The Transgressors / Story of a Great Sin / A Political Novel of ...
        3
        Ted said he saw somethin' moving along the wall in the tunnel.
        Creepers
        4
        He added: We have not seen an exit point from the tunnel.
        Reuters
        5
        It is a third water tunnel, however, that is the most critical.
        The devil and sherlock holmes: tales of murder, madness, and obs...
        Usage of burrow in inglês
        1
        When I was young I lived in a burrow in the forest.
        The Emerald City of Oz
        2
        They enter the burrow; and the murder is committed far from sight.
        The Life of the Spider
        3
        The darkness in the burrow was now full of light for me.
        Vandemark's Folly
        4
        The typical mound is one which covers the perpendicular burrow in Fig.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884
        5
        They use the stone tunnels, or burrow temporary ones in the snow.
        The Left Hand of Darkness
        6
        You can slip down again after dark and burrow in the haystack.
        A Texas Ranger
        7
        The Monkey followed the Live Rabbit on down through the winding burrow.
        The Story of a Monkey on a Stick
        8
        But death forgot me; and I had to make myself a burrow.
        Abbe Mouret's Transgression
        9
        I deemed it worth the risk and stepped into the darkened burrow.
        A nameless witch
        10
        Supposedly she made her home in a burrow beneath a hollow tree.
        A Dance with Dragons
        11
        The male does not burrow and it is therefore easier to kill.
        Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
        12
        In the glass burrow beneath their feet, the flames began to rise.
        The lies of locke lamora
        13
        A shallow pit is made, the mere commencement of the projected burrow.
        Social Life in the Insect World
        14
        They are sea-urchins, Amphidotus cordatus, which burrow by thousands in the sand.
        Glaucus; Or, The Wonders of the Shore
        15
        Their only chance for survival is to burrow and hide, then escape.
        For Honor We Stand
        16
        She then goes back to the burrow and digs for a while.
        The Mason-Bees
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        Translations for burrow
        português
        covatúneltoca
        espanhol
        madriguera
        Burrow through the time
        Burrow across language varieties
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