burrow
noun
a hole or tunnel in the ground made by a rabbit, fox, or similar animal to live or hide in.
burrowed
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past participleof burrow.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof burrow.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
burrownouna hole or tunnel in the ground made by a rabbit, fox, or similar animal to live or hide in.
Example Sentences
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She burrowed deep in the recesses of the early Obama administration, welding together the voluminous Affordable Care Act.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
Some lived in trees, others burrowed underground like moles, and species such as Megacauda sungei were adapted to life in water.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
A punk-vicious “Subdivisions” — “Be cool or be cast out,” go the lyrics — benefited from added grit, while 1984’s “Distant Early Warning” burrowed into nuclear anxiety with unstoppable momentum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, known for her screenplays with the Merchant-Ivory filmmaking team, also wrote short stories that burrowed into the lives of characters from around the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025
It attached itself and then it burrowed inside and made a nest and stayed.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
