burrow

Pronunciation: /ˈbʌɹəʊ/

The English word “burrow” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

A tunnel or hole, or a system of tunnels, often as dug by a small creature for use as a home.

verb

To dig a tunnel or hole.
To move underneath or press up against in search of safety or comfort.
To investigate thoroughly.

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…

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