burrow (into)

verb

Definition of burrow (into)next
as in to hollow

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  1. hollow
  2. excavate
  3. penetrate
  4. split
  5. gouge
  6. groove
  7. rupture
  8. slit
Verb
  • Deep shadows hollowed the space beneath his shoulder blades, and the full outline of each rib was visible under his skin.
    Maggie Slepian, Longreads, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Drone footage recorded by Reuters captured the earth movers hollowing the ground, in what Mexican environmental group Guardian Forestal — which collaborates with the Michoacán state government — and an activist who reviewed the video described as an attempt to construct a water reservoir.
    Reuters, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2024
Definition of hollow
Verb
  • Hundreds of items—including a cannonball, spectacles, a pewter bowl, and twenty-six unopened bottles of wine—had already been excavated.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
  • While excavating in 2015, Frachetti met with one of the region’s only current inhabitants—a forestry inspector who lives with his family a few miles from Tashbulak.
    Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of excavate
Verb
  • When transiting this Mutable sign, the messenger planet is ready to come up for air (especially after penetrating through the surface in Scorpio) and jump headfirst into a world of new ideas and boundless possibilities.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Another theory posits that the wiggling of Alfvén waves, oscillations in the Sun’s magnetic field that penetrate into the corona and turn back on themselves, can also inject energy into the solar wind.
    ByHannah Richter, science.org, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of penetrate
Verb
  • After months spent working on an effort to revitalize Saratoga’s commercial scene, the Saratoga City Council was split in its decision to advance a pilot outdoor dining program for a fine dining restaurant in the city’s downtown.
    Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
  • The organ is split into six different segments, and sections of thickened tissue are said to correlate to spells of colder weather.
    Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of split
Verb
  • The price gouging law authorizes the energy commission to set a maximum gross gasoline refining margin and a penalty for refiners that exceed it.
    Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The balloon’s string, still attached to a radio transmitter, had gouged into the bird’s flesh—fracturing bones, killing tissues and cutting off circulation to the bird’s feet.
    Danielle Beurteaux, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of gouge
Verb
  • Viewers can also expect to see their favorite contestants groove to a few other Disney film scores from The Little Mermaid, 101 Dalmatians, Tarzan, as well as a few hits from newer films like Deadpool & Wolverine and Encanto.
    Michelle Lee, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Thorne obliged, though, and the pair grooved together to the sounds of a TikTok soundtrack.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of groove
Verb
  • Now that Gata has totally ruptured, a smart player could take them and try to forge a new alliance, something with three or four people that could take them to the end.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
  • That incident has since ruptured diplomatic ties between India and Canada.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of rupture
Verb
  • Testers appreciated thoughtful features including the wide and stretchy thumb slits on the sleeves, a ponytail hole on the snug hood, and a small zipper pocket on the lower hem for stashing coffee money or a house key.
    Samantha Berman, Outside Online, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The New Arrivals has grown into a red carpet and afterparty fashion brand known for its glamorous gowns and statement slits, two-pieces and a homage to coral pink, which sits at the core of this collection.
    Nadja Sayej, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of slit
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