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unburrow

unburrow verb: to come out of its burrow.

Verb

unburrow (third-person singular simple present unburrows, present participle unburrowing, simple past and past participle unburrowed)

  1. (intransitive) To come out of its burrow.
  2. (transitive) To force or lure something out of a burrow.
    Synonyms:
    unearth

Synonyms of unburrow

Forms of unburrow

third-person singular presentunburrows
present participleunburrowing
past participleunburrowed
pastunburrowed

Origin of unburrow

From un- + burrow.

Questions about unburrow

What does unburrow mean?
Unburrow means to come out of its burrow.
What part of speech is unburrow?
Unburrow is a verb.
What is the past tense of unburrow?
The past tense of unburrow is unburrowed.

Words near unburrow in the dictionary

  1. unburnished
  2. unburns
  3. unburnt
  4. unburped
  5. unburred
  6. unburrow
  7. unburrowed
  8. unburrowing
  9. unburrows
  10. unburst
  11. unburstable

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