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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BUR'ROW, n. A different orthography of burgh, borough, which see.
BUR'ROW, n. A hollow place in the earth or in a warren, where small animals lodge, and sometimes deposit their provisions. Some animals excavate the earth, by scratching, and form these lodges.
BUR'ROW, v.i. To lodge in a hole excavated in the earth, as coneys or rabbits. In a more general sense, to lodge in any deep or concealed place. The word seems to include the idea of excavating a hole for a lodge, as well as lodging in it; but the verb is not often used transitively, as to burrow the earth.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter [syn: burrow, tunnel] v
1: move through by or as by digging; "burrow through the forest" [syn: burrow, tunnel]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English borow Date: 13th century a hole or excavation in the ground made by an animal (as a rabbit) for shelter and habitation II. verb Date: 1602 transitive verb 1. archaic to hide in or as if in a burrow 2. a. to construct by tunneling b. to penetrate by means of a burrow 3. to make a motion suggestive of burrowing with ; nestle <burrows her hand into mine> intransitive verb 1. to conceal oneself in or as if in a burrow 2. a. to make a burrow b. to progress by or as if by digging 3. to make a motion suggestive of burrowing ; snuggle, nestle <burrowed against his back for warmth> • burrower noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. a hole or tunnel dug by a small animal, esp. a rabbit, as a dwelling. --v. 1 intr. make or live in a burrow. 2 tr. make (a hole etc.) by digging. 3 intr. hide oneself. 4 intr. (foll. by into) investigate, search. Derivatives: burrower n. Etymology: ME, app. var. of BOROUGH

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Burrow Bur"row, n. [See 1st Borough.] 1. An incorporated town. See 1st Borough. 2. A shelter; esp. a hole in the ground made by certain animals, as rabbits, for shelter and habitation. 3. (Mining) A heap or heaps of rubbish or refuse. 4. A mound. See 3d Barrow, and Camp, n., 5.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Burrow Bur"row, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Burrowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Burrowing.] 1. To excavate a hole to lodge in, as in the earth; to lodge in a hole excavated in the earth, as conies or rabbits. 2. To lodge, or take refuge, in any deep or concealed place; to hide. Sir, this vermin of court reporters, when they are forced into day upon one point, are sure to burrow in another. --Burke. Burrowing owl (Zo["o]l.), a small owl of the western part of North America (Speotyto cunicularia), which lives in holes, often in company with the prairie dog.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Camp Camp, n. [F. camp, It. campo, fr. L. campus plant, field; akin to Gr. ? garden. Cf. Campaing, Champ, n.] 1. The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc. --Shzk. 2. A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly arranged in an orderly manner. Forming a camp in the neighborhood of Boston. --W. Irving. 3. A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp. 4. The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers, of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc. The camp broke up with the confusion of a flight. --Macaulay. 5. (Agric.) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; -- called also burrow and pie. [Prov. Eng.] 6. [Cf. OE. & AS. camp contest, battle. See champion.] An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England. --Halliwell. Camp bedstead, a light bedstead that can be folded up onto a small space for easy transportation. camp ceiling (Arch.), a kind ceiling often used in attics or garrets, in which the side walls are inclined inward at the top, following the slope of the rafters, to meet the plane surface of the upper ceiling. Camp chair, a light chair that can be folded up compactly for easy transportation; the seat and back are often made of strips or pieces of carpet. Camp fever, typhus fever. Camp follower, a civilian accompanying an army, as a sutler, servant, etc. Camp meeting, a religious gathering for open-air preaching, held in some retired spot, chiefly by Methodists. It usually last for several days, during which those present lodge in tents, temporary houses, or cottages. Camp stool, the same as camp chair, except that the stool has no back. Flying camp (Mil.), a camp or body of troops formed for rapid motion from one place to another. --Farrow. To pitch (a) camp, to set up the tents or huts of a camp. To strike camp, to take down the tents or huts of a camp.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(burrows, burrowing, burrowed) 1. A burrow is a tunnel or hole in the ground that is dug by an animal such as a rabbit. N-COUNT 2. If an animal burrows into the ground or into a surface, it moves through it by making a tunnel or hole. The larvae burrow into cracks in the floor. = tunnel VERB: V prep/adv 3. If you burrow in a container or pile of things, you search there for something using your hands. He burrowed into the pile of charts feverishly. VERB: V prep/adv 4. If you burrow into something, you move underneath it or press against it, usually in order to feel warmer or safer. She turned her face away from him, burrowing into her heap of covers. VERB: V prep/adv

Moby Thesaurus

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