BURROW: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for BURROW?

Need another word that means the same as “burrow”? Find 27 synonyms and 30 related words for “burrow” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Burrow” are: tunnel, warren, hole, lair, set, den, earth, retreat, excavation, cave, dugout, hollow, scrape, dig, dig out, excavate, grub, mine, bore, drill, channel, hollow out, scoop out, gouge, cut out, sink

Burrow as a Noun

Definitions of "Burrow" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “burrow” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A hole or tunnel dug by a small animal, especially a rabbit, as a dwelling.
• A hole made by an animal, usually for shelter.

Synonyms of "Burrow" as a noun (13 Words)

cave	A natural underground chamber in a hillside or cliff. The narrow gorge contains a series of prehistoric caves.
den	A wild mammal s hidden home a lair. A den of iniquity.
dugout	An underground air-raid or nuclear shelter. The German gun crews kept in their dugouts.
earth	Used in names of stable dense non volatile inorganic substances e g fuller s earth. The diversity of life on earth.
excavation	The act of digging. There s an interesting excavation going on near Princeton.
hole	One playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course. He had a hole in his sock.
hollow	A depression hollowed out of solid matter. A hollow at the base of a large tree.
lair	The habitation of wild animals. The hero goes off to find the dragon s lair.
retreat	A quiet or secluded place in which one can rest and relax. The religious retreat is a form of vacation activity.
scrape	A place where soil has been scraped away especially a shallow hollow formed in the ground by a bird during a courtship display or for nesting. He heard the scrape of his mother s key in the lock.
set	A group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used. The set of prime numbers is infinite.
tunnel	A passage in a sports stadium by which players enter or leave the field. The Mersey tunnel.
warren	United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1891-1974. A warren of narrow gas lit streets.

Burrow as a Verb

Definitions of "Burrow" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “burrow” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Make a thorough inquiry; investigate.
• Move through by or as by digging.
• Hide underneath or press close to something.
• Dig into or through something solid.
• (of an animal) make a hole or tunnel, typically for use as a dwelling.

Synonyms of "Burrow" as a verb (14 Words)

bore	Cause to be bored. An 1100 cc road bike bored out to 1168 cc.
channel	Send from one person or place to another. Meg Ryan plays Avery as if she s channelling Nicole Kidman.
cut out	Be able to manage or manage successfully.
dig	Remove harvest or recover by digging. Dig out a channel.
dig out	Thrust down or into.
drill	Make a hole in or through something by using a drill. Do not attempt to drill through a joist.
excavate	Extract (material) from the ground by digging. A large amount of gravel would be excavated to form the channel.
gouge	Make a groove in. One of the young man s eyes had been gouged out.
grub	Search about busily. The damage done to pastures by badgers grubbing for worms.
hollow out	Remove the inner part or the core of.
mine	Lay mines. Mine ores and metals.
scoop out	Take out or up with or as if with a scoop.
sink	Fall or sink heavily. The players were sinking a few post match lagers.
tunnel	(of a particle) pass through a potential barrier. The insect tunnels its way out of the plant.

Usage Examples of "Burrow" as a verb

• Journalists are burrowing into the prime minister's business affairs.
• Moles burrowing away underground.
• The child burrowed deeper into the bed.
• Burrow through the forest.
• Worms that burrow through dead wood.

Associations of "Burrow" (30 Words)

archaeologist	A person who studies human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artefacts and other physical remains. Chinese archaeologists uncovered life sized terracotta statues.
boar	The flesh of the wild boar as food.
coyote	A wild dog that resembles the wolf, native to North America. At the bus station there were coyotes offering to drive us to Los Angeles.
deer	A hoofed grazing or browsing animal, with branched bony antlers that are shed annually and typically borne only by the male.
dig	An act or spell of digging. Dig salt.
disinter	Discover (something that is well hidden. His corpse was disinterred and dumped in a pit.
doe	The federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977. Doe rabbits.
dug	An udder or breast or teat.
excavate	Find by digging in the ground. The site was excavated in 1975.
ferret	Clear a hole or area of ground of rabbits with ferrets. She had the ability to ferret out the facts.
hare	A dummy hare propelled around the track in greyhound racing. He hared down the hill.
hibernate	Sleep during winter. Some species hibernate in tree roosts.
mole	The molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d Unites. The company is hunting for the mole who revealed details of planned job cuts.
mouse	Use a mouse to move or position a cursor on a computer screen. The right mouse button.
munch	Norwegian painter (1863-1944. He tried to talk between munches on the sandwich.
pit	Remove the pits from. Pooled commodity funds liquidated positions in the corn and soybean pits.
pouched	Having a pouch.
quarry	Extract stone or other materials from a quarry. A British term for quarry is stone pit.
rabbit	The fur of the rabbit. Stop rabbiting on will you and go to bed.
racoon	An omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America.
rodent	A gnawing mammal of an order that includes rats, mice, squirrels, hamsters, porcupines, and their relatives, distinguished by strong constantly growing incisors and no canine teeth. They constitute the largest order of mammals.
scoop	Pick up and move something with a scoop. A hole was scooped out in the floor of the dwelling.
shovel	A machine or part of a machine having a shape or function similar to that of a shovel. Shovel sand.
shrew	A scolding nagging bad-tempered woman. Hold your nagging tongue you miserable old shrew.
snowman	A representation of a human figure created with compressed snow.
squirrel	The fur of the squirrel. They were squirrelling around in the woods in search of something.
underground	A member of an underground political group or movement. Sections of electricity line had been undergrounded.
unearth	Drive (an animal, especially a fox) out of a hole or burrow. Workmen unearthed an ancient artillery shell.
warren	An overcrowded residential area. A warren of narrow gas lit streets.
winter	Keep or feed plants or cattle during winter. Shackleton s men overwintered on Elephant Island.