burrow

Object

• owl: Perhaps the cleverest of all are the burrowing owls from the prairies of the America.
• animal: Burrowing animals, especially rabbits, are also a problem.
• specie: Burrowing species, may be confined to a particular kind of soil ( Huggett 1995 ).

Converse of object

• excavate: Humboldt's penguins excavate burrows to nest in, usually about 3 meters in length.
• dig: These allow them to dig burrows up to 10m in length.
• nest: Almost every bush seemed to provide shelter for a nesting burrow.
• enter: The female mink is just small enough to enter the water vole burrows, leaving the vole with no refuge.

Preposition: into

• skin: Harvest mite larvae do not burrow into the skin, nor suck blood.
• earth: Beaver may also burrow into soft earth on the banks of streams or ponds, creating one or more chambers for rest and feeding.

Adjective modifier

• underground: Food is stored in underground burrows or occasionally in disused bird nests.
• deep: These funny looking fish actually dig deep burrows in the sandy seabed.

Modifies a noun

entrance: Hoover never knowingly passed any burrow entrance without stopping to examine it.

Noun used with modifier

• rabbit: A fox earth can be an enlarged rabbit burrow, a dug out under a tree or similar.
• vole: The female mink is just small enough to enter the water vole burrows, leaving the vole with no refuge.
• worm: In pigs adult worms burrow into the mucosa of the small intestine where the female produces larvae.
• nest: Follow the roads around the airport where you will see a number of cones each marking nest burrows of the owls.

Adjective complement

deep: They need to escape chaos not burrow deeper into the pit.

Preposition: in

• mud: Peanut worms and spoon worms burrow in mud and sand, and ribbon worms live beneath stones on the seabed.
• sand: They live in large burrows in the sand beneath the dwarf mangroves whose leaves form their primary diet.
• soil: The larvae live in vertical burrows in the soil, lying in wait for passing prey.