burrow
noun
a hole or tunnel in the ground made by a rabbit, fox, or similar animal to live or hide in.
will burrow
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future tenseof burrow.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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He will burrow down even deeper, likely retreating even further into his fictions and fantasies.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
The 4.5-mile rail project will burrow beneath the New Jersey Palisades, the Hudson River and the Hudson Yards into Penn Station.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2022
The stream of water will burrow between the paint and the surface and blast it away, usually doing little harm to the siding or trim.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2021
Another instrument will burrow nearly 16 feet into the soil to measure the heat coming from the interior of the planet, which, like Earth, is still cooling from its fiery creation 4.5 billion years ago.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 22, 2018
Wild beasts, as well as cattle, greedily devour this incrustation, and will burrow into the clay impregnated with salt in order to lick the mud.
From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by Kingston, William Henry Giles
