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# burrow

«burrow» in Mova's school dictionary: **a hole or tunnel in the ground that an animal digs to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a burrow, burrows); verb (burrow, burrows, burrowed, burrowing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A burrow is a hole or tunnel in the ground that an animal digs to live or hide in, like a rabbit's or wombat's burrow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burrow/#m1)

2) To burrow is to dig a hole or tunnel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burrow/#m2)

3) To burrow into something soft is to push yourself into it to get comfortable or hide: «She burrowed under the blankets.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burrow/#m3)

4) To burrow into a bag or pocket is to search deep inside it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burrow/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on habitats and adaptations, animals that burrow include rabbits, moles, badgers, wombats, meerkats, prairie dogs and earthworms; burrows keep them safe from predators and weather. In stories, Peter Rabbit and the hobbits live in burrow-like homes. Phrases: «rabbit burrow», «burrow into», «burrow under».

### examples

- The rabbit ran down its burrow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burrow/#x1)
- Wombats dig deep burrows in Australia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burrow/#x2)
- Moles burrow under the lawn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burrow/#x3)
- Earthworms burrow through the soil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burrow/#x4)
- The puppy burrowed under the blanket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burrow/#x5)
- She burrowed in her bag for her keys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burrow/#x6)
- Prairie dogs live in big burrows called towns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burrow/#x7)
- The fox waited outside the burrow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burrow/#x8)
- One day, a high summer flood washed him out of the burrow where he lived with his father and mother, and carried him, kicking and clucking, down a roadside ditch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burrow/#x9)

### note

Spelling: burrow (double r, ending -ow). Do not confuse with «borrow» (use something and give it back) or «burro» (a small donkey). A rabbit warren is a group of connected burrows.

### In the corpora

- [A rabbit thumps its back foot to warn other rabbits of danger, and the thud travels through the ground into the burrow.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks/8/)
- [Warthogs often use old aardvark burrows and back in tail-first, so their tusks face the opening.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/125-timon-and-pumbaa-real-meerkats-and-warthogs/13/)
- [Rabbits thump their back feet to warn others of danger, and the thump travels through the ground into burrows.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/143-bambi-real-deer-rabbits-skunks-and-owls/9/)
- [In cartoons winter animals snuggle in cosy burrows with scarves on.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/336-the-garden-in-winter-bare-trees-tracks-in-the-snow-and-who-sleeps-where/3/)
- [Marmot families live in big burrows with many entrances and sleep through winter for about half the year.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «burrow» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burrow/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.