burrow
/ˈbʌɹoʊ/ verb C2- To dig a tunnel or hole.
- To move underneath or press up against in search of safety or comfort. · The young girl burrowed into the bed.
- To investigate thoroughly. · The journalist burrowed into the origins of the mayor's corruption.
He/she/it burrows · Past burrowed · Past participle burrowed · -ing form burrowing
Verb forms
- Base form
- burrow
- He/she/it
- burrows
- Past
- burrowed
- Past participle
- burrowed
- -ing form
- burrowing
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“Well, unless he has a burrow close by or a change of clothes ready, they can hardly miss him.
With a sob she hastily discarded her garments, put on the skimpy nightgown and sprang into bed where she burrowed face downward into the pillow and pulled the clothes over her head.
They spoke of those hours of burrowing.
The only remaining point was what they were burrowing for.
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