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burrowing

burrowing is the present participle and gerund of burrow.

Meaning of burrow

Verb

burrow (third-person singular simple present burrows, present participle burrowing, simple past and past participle burrowed)

  1. (intransitive) To dig a tunnel or hole.
  2. (intransitive) To move underneath or press up against in search of safety or comfort.
    • The young girl burrowed into the bed.
  3. (intransitive) To investigate thoroughly.
    • The journalist burrowed into the origins of the mayor's corruption.

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Noun

burrowing (plural burrowings)

  1. The act or result of making a burrow.
    • These perforations may be readily distinguished from those more oblique and lateral burrowings which are often found in secondary fossils[…]1825, Thomas Thomson, Richard Phillips, Edward William Brayley, Annals of Philosophy

Forms of burrowing

pluralburrowings

Words formed from burrowing

Phrases with burrowing

Questions about burrowing

What does burrowing mean?
Burrowing means the act or result of making a burrow.
What is burrowing the present participle and gerund of?
Burrowing is the present participle and gerund of burrow.
What part of speech is burrowing?
Burrowing is a noun.
What is the plural of burrowing?
The plural of burrowing is burrowings.

Words near burrowing in the dictionary

  1. burroweeds
  2. burrower
  3. burrowers
  4. Burrowes
  5. Burroweses
  6. burrowing
  7. burrowing bug
  8. burrowing bugs
  9. burrowing junction
  10. burrowing junctions
  11. burrowing owl

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