Used in a Sentence

burrow

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for burrow.

Editorial note

If not diagnosed early on, it will burrow into neural tissue and becomes very difficult to kill.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of burrow gathered in one view.

noun

A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.

noun

A surname.

noun

A place in England:

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for burrow.

noun

A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.

noun

A surname.

noun

A place in England:

noun

A hamlet in Broadclyst parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SX9997).

Example sentences

1

If not diagnosed early on, it will burrow into neural tissue and becomes very difficult to kill.

2

Sounds to me that JPay found a loophole in contract law that allowed them to burrow into the bureaucracy.

3

When he dabbed it at the entrance of an ant colony, they exploded out of the burrow.

4

A male cricket does not physically roll a female along the ground and into his burrow.

5

In our experience, kids who are being bullied have no idea how to get the help they need and burrow instead.

6

Microscopic jelly fish that burrow into your skin to give you a horrible rash...

7

You burrow a tunnel canal from the Gulf of California into Laguna Salada.

8

Its instinct is to find out what's at the other end of a burrow, or, for that matter, a tube or a pipe.

9

But developers are stumbling on a new kind of obstacle as they burrow deeper still: abandoned diggers from the last round of improvements.

10

Yours will call me, like music, out of my burrow.

11

The ability to burrow in between cells and to have more adhesive surfaces seem like two possible defenses bacteria already vary in and could evolve better.

12

Having shoes helps stop parasites like hookworm from entering your body by being stepped on, since they can't just burrow through the skin of your foot.

Quote examples

1

"larger species likely took advantage of being able to move faster, burrow better in sediment, or eat larger prey" -- larger species burrow?

2

I admire the HotOrNot guys for their "beg, burrow, steal" approach, I wish I had even a fraction of it.

3

I'm not around a lot of foxes, but I imagine so: They both burrow and hunt burrowing prey, so "lift and scrape this obstacle of the way" is in their skillet.

Proper noun examples

1

Undeveloped negatives are considered tangible for legal purposes, and the creation of the negative has been considered the primary work of authorship almost cince the inception of photography: See Burrow-Giles Lithographic company v.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use burrow in a sentence?

If not diagnosed early on, it will burrow into neural tissue and becomes very difficult to kill.

What does burrow mean?

A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.

What part of speech is burrow?

burrow is commonly used as noun.