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