A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.
But very soon he grew to like it, for the Boy used to talk to him, and made nice tunnels for him under the bedclothes that he said were like the burrows the real rabbits lived in.
Obsolete form of barrow (“a mound”).
Obsolete form of borough (“an incorporated town”).
To dig a tunnel or hole.
To move underneath or press up against in search of safety or comfort.
The young girl burrowed into the bed.
A surname.
A place in England:
From Middle English borowe, borewe, borwȝ, burȝe, burh, burye (“refuge for an animal, lair, burrow”), apparently a variant of Middle English burgh (“fortified dwelling, stronghold, refuge”) (see borou...
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To investigate thoroughly.
The journalist burrowed into the origins of the mayor's corruption.