burrow

burrow
—burrower, n.
/berr"oh, bur"oh/, n.
1. a hole or tunnel in the ground made by a rabbit, fox, or similar animal for habitation and refuge.
2. a place of retreat; shelter or refuge.
v.i.
3. to make a hole or passage in, into, or under something.
4. to lodge in a burrow.
5. to hide.
6. to proceed by or as if by digging.
v.t.
7. to put a burrow into (a hill, mountainside, etc.).
8. to hide (oneself), as in a burrow.
9. to make by or as if by burrowing: We burrowed our way through the crowd.
[1325-75; ME borow, earlier burh, appar. gradational var. of late ME beri burrow, var. of earlier berg refuge, OE gebeorg, deriv. of beorgan to protect; akin to OE burgen grave, i.e., place of protection for a body; see BURY]

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