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The definition of a burrow is a small hole in the ground or a den created by an animal.

(noun)

An example of burrow is a small underground den where a rabbit lives.

To burrow is to dig a small hole to create a home, to go underneath or near something in order to seek comfort or to make a hole to get through something solid.

(verb)

An example of burrow is when a rabbit digs a den in the ground.
An example of burrow is when a child hides her face in her mother's skirts for protection.
An example of burrow is when you push your way through a solid crowd.

See burrow in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a hole or tunnel dug in the ground by an animal
any similar passage or hole for shelter, refuge, etc.

Origin: ME burgh (see borough), infl. by bergh, hill, berwen, to defend, take refuge

intransitive verb

to make a burrow; dig (in, into, under, etc.)
to live or hide in or as in a burrow
to delve or search, as if by digging

transitive verb

to make burrows in (the ground)
to make by burrowing
to hide or shelter in or as in a burrow

See burrow in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

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

verb bur·rowed, bur·row·ing, bur·rows

verb, intransitive

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

verb, transitive