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Showing words for BURROWING using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Burrowing

burrowing

7 Letter Words for Burrowing

burring

6 Letter Words for Burrowing

bignou, boring, bowing, burion, burrio, burrow, ingrow, orbing, robing, rowing, rubigo, runrig, ungrow

5 Letter Words for Burrowing

bingo, boing, bourr, bring, brown, bruin, brung, bungo, burin, burro, giron, girru, groin, grown, guiro, inbow, inorb, inorg, inrub, owing, rigor, robin, robur, rubin, rubor, ruing, unbog, unbow, unrig, unrow, unwig, wongi, wring, wrong, wrung

4 Letter Words for Burrowing

bing, bino, biog, bion, birn, biro, birr, bong, borg, bori, born, boun, bouw, bown, bowr, brig, brin, brio, brog, brow, bung, burg, buri, burn, buro, burr, girn, giro, girr, gnow, gobi, gorb, gown, grin, grow, grub, grun, guib, gurn, gurr, ingo, inro, iron, niog, noir, nori, nurr, orig, ourn, ring, roin, rong, roub, roun, ruin, rung, unio, wing, wino, wirr, wong, worn, wrig

3 Letter Words for Burrowing

big, bin, bio, bog, bon, bor, bow, bro, brr, bug, bun, bur, bwr, gib, gin, gio, gnu, gob, goi, gon, gor, gou, gro, grr, gub, gui, gun, gur, ign, ing, ion, iou, iwo, nbg, nbw, nib, nig, nob, nog, nor, now, nub, nur, obi, oni, orb, org, oui, our, own, rbi, rib, rig, rin, rio, rob, rog, roi, ron, row, rub, rug, run, ubi, unb, ung, uni, urb, urn, wbn, wig, win, wir, wob, wog, won, wro, wun, wur

Definitions for Burrowing

[1] a hole or tunnel in the ground made by a rabbit, fox, or similar animal for habitation and refuge.
[2] a place of retreat; shelter or refuge.
[3] to make a hole or passage in, into, or under something.
[4] to lodge in a burrow.
[5] to hide.
[6] to proceed by or as if by digging.
[7] to put a burrow into (a hill, mountainside, etc.).
[8] to hide (oneself), as in a burrow.
[9] to make by or as if by burrowing: We burrowed our way through the crowd.
[10] a hole or tunnel dug in the ground by a rabbit, fox, or other small animal, for habitation or shelter
[11] a small snug place affording shelter or retreat
[12] to dig (a burrow) in, through, or under (ground)
[13] (intr often foll by through ) to move through by or as by digging to burrow through the forest
[14] (intr) to hide or live in a burrow
[15] (intr) to delve deeply he burrowed into his pockets
[16] to hide (oneself)

Words related to Burrowing

burrowdelve, tunnel, excavate, undermine

Words nearby Burrowing

burrowburrillville, burrito, burro, burro's tail, burroughs, burrow, burrowing blenny, burrowing owl, burrstone, burry, bursa

Origin of Burrowing

1325–75; Middle English borow, earlier burh, apparently gradational variant of late Middle English beri burrow, variant of earlier berg refuge, Old English gebeorg, derivative of beorgan to protect; akin to Old English burgen grave, i.e., place of protection for a body; see bury

Words that may be confused with Burrowing

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, burrowborough, burro, burrow

Other words from Burrowing

bur·row·er , noun
un·bur·rowed , adjective

Word origin for Burrowing

C13: probably a variant of borough

Synonyms for Burrowing

delve, excavate, tunnel, undermine, hollow out, scoop out