burrow
A tunnel or hole, or a system of tunnels, often as dug by a small creature for use as…A tunnel or hole, or a system of tunnels, often as dug by a small creature for use as a home.
» My dog likes burrowing under blankets.
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1 sensesA tunnel or hole, or a system of tunnels, often as dug by a small creature for use as a home.
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- a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter
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Origin
From Middle English borowe, borewe, borwȝ, burȝe, burh, burye (“refuge for an animal, lairFrom 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.
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