burrow

Significado (Inglês)

Noun

1. A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.
2. A heap or heaps of rubbish or refuse.
3. (obsolete) Obsolete form of barrow. A mound.
4. (obsolete) Obsolete form of borough. An incorporated town.

Verb

1. to dig a tunnel or hole
2. (with adverbial of direction) to move underneath or press up against in search of safety or comfort
3. (with into) to investigate thoroughly

Sinônimos

hole

🕳️

den

dig

lair

tunnel

hollow

cave

excavate

delve

pit

cavity

nest

rout

rummage

cut

form

mine

opening

root

trench

warren

dig into

dig out

dig up

dimple

ditch

dive

doghouse

dredge

drey

drive

duck

🦆

earth

cavern

lean upon

gopher

go through

hide

hive

box

📦

bowl

hollow out

holt

house

🏠

investigate

joint

bore

leak

snuggle up

baste

nick

nidus

rat-hole

pipe

base

plough

poke into

pot

pry

ream

bore in

rottenness

barren

aperture

sap

scoop

sett

shovel

spade

take out

burrow in

bag

warm

☀️

ensconce oneself

worm

🪱

wound

drill through

cranny

curl up

worm-hole

covert

churn

dent

chip

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈbʌɹəʊ/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: borowe

Cognato com inglês médio: burgh

Herdado de inglês arcaico: burh

In summary

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 borough) and thus from Old English burh, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”), but this sense is not known in Old English burh. Compare, however, Dutch cognate burcht, which has a similar sense.
It may be related to bury (“to dig”), in which case it would be derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to protect, defend, save, preserve”).