Definitions for Burrow

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Burrow bur·row

Spelling: [bur-oh, buhr-oh]

IPA: /ˈbɜr oʊ, ˈbʌr oʊ/

Burrow is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 40 anagrams from letters in Burrow (borruw).

Definitions for Burrow

noun

1. a hole or tunnel in the ground made by a rabbit, fox, or similar animal for habitation and refuge.
2. a place of retreat; shelter or refuge.

verb (used with object)

1. to put a burrow into (a hill, mountainside, etc.).
2. to hide (oneself), as in a burrow.
3. to make by or as if by burrowing:

verb (used without object)

1. to make a hole or passage in, into, or under something.
2. to lodge in a burrow.
3. to hide.
4. to proceed by or as if by digging.

Origin of Burrow

1325-75; Middle English borow, earlier burh, apparently gradational variant of late Middle English beri burrow, variant of earlier berg refuge, Old English gebeorg, derivative of beorgan to p

Examples for Burrow

They burrow underneath the surface, you know, and one never sees them.

We were like human animals which burrow in a rocky bank a mile from any land.

They then began to make holes through them, and to burrow underneath.

You start with pain, burrow into dirt, get to memory, and end with motive.

If opened, the RAT will burrow into the host computer and give control of the machine to the hacker.

Directly the day began to dawn, he cautiously returned to his burrow.

I'm a contemptible thing that runs to its burrow when it hears of danger.

When they want to hide, they burrow under one of these rookeries.

This is not a bug that can get on the surface and burrow in.

To pray for your bread or to burrow in the earth for it, is it not the same with most people?