burrowing

Speech parts

1. burrowing - Noun

2. burrowing - Verb

Meaning

of Burrow

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

burrow channel mining tunnel bore burial dig digging foraging boring excavate quarrying rooting delve earthing

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Antonyms

interest headland cover avoid promote covering

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Phrases with the word

burrowing rodent burrowing mouse burrowing flea burrowing insect burrowing mite infection burrowing mammal

Examples

If you don't want to explode with rage, leave your memory alone, abstain from burrowing there. Emil Cioran

But without a caring society, without each citizen voluntarily accepting the weight of responsibility, government is destined to grow even larger, taking more of your money, burrowing deeper into your lives. Jeb Bush

Reggie Jackson hit one off me that's still burrowing its way to Los Angeles. Dan Quisenberry

Increasingly, the state system has been eroding. Terrorists have exploited this weakness by burrowing into the state system in order to attack it. George Shultz

Save me from curious Conscience, that still lords Its strength for darkness, burrowing like a mole; Turn the key deftly in the oiled wards, And seal the hushed Casket of my Soul. John Keats

The cricket is never blinded by the sand of its burrowing. Nigerian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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