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n.  
  1. A hole or tunnel dug in the ground by a small animal, such as a rabbit or mole, for habitation or refuge.
  2. A narrow or snug place.

v.   bur·rowed, bur·row·ing, bur·rows

v.   intr.
    1. To dig a hole or tunnel for habitation or refuge.
    2. To live or hide in such a place.
  2. To move or progress by or as if by digging or tunneling: "Suddenly the train is burrowing through the pinewoods" (William Styron).

v.   tr.
  1. To make by or as if by tunneling.
  2. To dig a hole or tunnel in or through.
  3. Archaic To hide in or as if in a burrow.


[Middle English borow.]

bur'row·er n.
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