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Burrowing

To dig a tunnel or hole

📖 Definitions of "Burrowing"

verb
  1. 1

    To dig a tunnel or hole

  2. 2

    (with adverbial of direction) to move underneath or press up against in search of safety or comfort

    "The young girl burrowed into the bed."

  3. 3

    (with into) to investigate thoroughly

    "The journalist burrowed into the origins of the mayor's corruption."

noun
  1. 1

    The act or result of making a burrow.

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