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Synonyms for burrowing
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : bur-oh, buhr-oh |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɜr oʊ, ˈbʌr oʊ |
Définition of burrowing
Origin :- "rabbit-hole, fox-hole, etc.," c.1300, borewe, from Old English burgh "stronghold, fortress" (see borough); influenced by bergh "hill," and berwen "to defend, take refuge."
- verb dig a hole
- From his experience, Ricardo declared that man was not a burrowing beast.
- Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad
- Burrowing in the ground in the late fall they remain there all winter.
- Extract from : « Pathfinder » by Alan Douglas
- Fossorial: formed for or with the habit of digging or burrowing.
- Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
- Perhaps half a dozen of his companions had escaped by burrowing in the corn.
- Extract from : « "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" » by Douglas English
- It hibernates during winter, burrowing beneath the damp ground.
- Extract from : « The Western World » by W.H.G. Kingston
- It leaked copiously and audibly, and there was no burrowing away from the storm.
- Extract from : « Child and Country » by Will Levington Comfort
- Another had found this Place, this warmth, these leaves that were fine for burrowing.
- Extract from : « The Beginning » by Henry Hasse
- It is the glimmering boundary line where burrowing leaves off.
- Extract from : « The Lost Art of Reading » by Gerald Stanley Lee
- It is known, too, that the hyena is a “terrier”—a burrowing animal.
- Extract from : « The Bush Boys » by Captain Mayne Reid
- This weevil had been burrowing in his brain for more than a quarter of a century.
- Extract from : « The Californians » by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Antonyms for burrowing
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