ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsBburrow
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burrow
Meaning: to dig a tunnel or shelter in the ground
burrow in a sentence
How burrow is used in real sentences:
The rabbit burrowed beneath the fence to make a safe den.
The mole used its strong front paws to burrow under the garden.
“A striped armadillo began to burrow there, pushing dirt backward with strong claws.”
— from the passage Beneath the Green Canopy
Synonyms for burrow
Other words for burrow — dig, tunnel and excavate — carry the same meaning.
- dig
- tunnel
- excavate
Antonyms of burrow
Words that mean the opposite of burrow:
- surface
- emerge
Where it comes from
From Middle English borwe 'animal's shelter'
Memory hook
A BURROW is a BURIED ROW of tunnel space.