burrow en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /-ɹə/ (Northern-England)
- /ˈbɜɹoʊ/ US, hurry–furry merger
- (US) audio hurry-furry
- /-ɹoː/ (Northern-England)
- /ˈbʌɹəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio non-hurry-furry
- /ˈbʌɾo/ (Scotland)
- /ˈbʊɹəʊ/ (Northern-England)
- /-ɹoʊ/ (Northern-England)
- /ˈbʌɹoʊ/ (US) without the hurry–furry merger
- /ˈbʌɾou/ (Wales) without the toe–tow merger
Etymology
From Middle English borowe, borewe, borwȝ, burȝe, burh, burye (“refuge for an animal, lair, burrow”), apparently a variant of Middle English burgh (“fortified dwelling, stronghold, refuge”) (see borough) and thus from Old English burh, from Proto-West Germanic *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”), but this sense is not known in Old English burh. Compare, however, Dutch cognate burcht, which has a similar sense. It may be related to bury (“to dig”), in which case it would be derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to protect, defend, save, preserve”).
Meanings
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A tunnel or hole, or a system of tunnels, often as dug by a small creature for use as a home.
But very soon he grew to like it, for the Boy used to talk to him, and made nice tunnels for him under the bedclothes that he said were like the burrows the real rabbits lived in.
1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
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(alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete form of barrow (“a mound”).
alt of barrow
Such another chapel as this, though not built upon a burrow of stones, is to be seen on Montague Hill, in Somersetshire, and dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel […]
1868, Joseph Polsue, A Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall, page 286:
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(alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete form of borough (“an incorporated town”).
alt of borough
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| burrows | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
burrow owl · burrow duck · burrowless · paleoburrow · bargander · burrowlike
Hypernyms
Synonyms
Translations (82)
vi hang (a tunnel or hole) · mk дупка (a tunnel or hole) · kk ін (a tunnel or hole) · cmn 地洞 (a tunnel or hole) · he מאורה (a tunnel or hole) · es ratonera (a tunnel or hole) · ja 穴 (a tunnel or hole) · mi tūrua (a tunnel or hole) · it buca (a tunnel or hole) · gl toco (a tunnel or hole) · ca cau (a tunnel or hole) · sv gryt (a tunnel or hole) · oj waanzh (a tunnel or hole) · grc φωλεός (a tunnel or hole) · lt urvas (a tunnel or hole) · zlw-ocs jězvina (a tunnel or hole) · tl lungga (a tunnel or hole) · nl burcht (a tunnel or hole) · sh јазбина (a tunnel or hole) · gl muraqueira (a tunnel or hole) · be нара́ (a tunnel or hole) · pt túnel (a tunnel or hole) · fr terrier (a tunnel or hole) · ar جُحْر (a tunnel or hole) · ro vizuină (a tunnel or hole) · fi kolo (a tunnel or hole) · bg ду́пка (a tunnel or hole) · gl paleira (a tunnel or hole) · da jordhule (a tunnel or hole) · cy twll (a tunnel or hole) · it tana (a tunnel or hole) · es madriguera (a tunnel or hole) · it covo (a tunnel or hole) · lt ola (a tunnel or hole) · ka სორო (a tunnel or hole) · th รู (a tunnel or hole) · ga uachais (a tunnel or hole) · ar سَرَب (a tunnel or hole) · gl latebra (a tunnel or hole) · oj waazh (a tunnel or hole) · nl hol (a tunnel or hole) · bg ду́пка в земя́та (a tunnel or hole) · ga poll (a tunnel or hole) · gl tobo (a tunnel or hole) · sh jazbina (a tunnel or hole) · pl nora (a tunnel or hole) · hu üreg (a tunnel or hole) · cs nora (a tunnel or hole) · fr clapier (a tunnel or hole) · mi unu (a tunnel or hole) · de Bau (a tunnel or hole) · gv towl (a tunnel or hole) · mi rua (a tunnel or hole) · hu lyuk (a tunnel or hole) · pt toca (a tunnel or hole) · ja 巣穴 (a tunnel or hole) · ota این (a tunnel or hole) · la hola (a tunnel or hole) · ko 굴 (a tunnel or hole) · hi बिल (a tunnel or hole) · tr in (a tunnel or hole) · hu járat (a tunnel or hole) · eo terkavo (a tunnel or hole) · sv jordkula (a tunnel or hole) · sv håla (a tunnel or hole) · ar دَوْلَج (a tunnel or hole) · uk нора́ (a tunnel or hole) · bo ས་འོག་ཚ་ཁུང (a tunnel or hole) · ko 소굴 (a tunnel or hole) · sl jazbina (a tunnel or hole) · rif axbuš (a tunnel or hole) · it cunicolo (a tunnel or hole) · pl tunel (a tunnel or hole) · mk дупка в земјата (a tunnel or hole) · pl jama (a tunnel or hole) · kjh ін (a tunnel or hole) · sk nora (a tunnel or hole) · gl manida (a tunnel or hole) · he חור (a tunnel or hole) · he מחילה (a tunnel or hole) · gl caustra (a tunnel or hole) · ru нора́ (a tunnel or hole)