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burrow
has definitions from the field of geography
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[ noun ] (geography) a hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter
Synonyms Used in print (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)After having mated , an Andrena female digs a hole straight down into the ground , forming a burrow about the size of a lead_pencil . The bottom part of a burrow has a number of side tunnels or `` cells '' , each of which is provided with an egg plus a store of beebread . Although Andrena is gregarious , so that we may find hundreds and hundreds of burrows together , we must still call it a solitary bee . Often the burrows are only an inch or two apart , and the bee cities cover several acres . |
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[ verb ] move through by or as by digging
Synonyms Examples "burrow through the forest" Used in print (The New York Times,...)Arnold 's iron shot from the tee burrowed into the bunker guarding the green , an embankment that had become soft and spongy from the rains , thereby bringing local rules into force . (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)The females like to burrow in the short turf of well-kept lawns , where their little mounds of earth often appear by the hundreds . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 4233
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