Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To take from a burrow; unearth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To force from a burrow; to unearth.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To force from a
burrow ; tounearth .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He feigns that he can bring down sparrows and unburrow rats (he can do neither), and he takes the boys out on sporting pretences into all sorts of suburban fields.
The Bed-Book of Happiness Harold Begbie 1900
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He feigns that he can bring down sparrows, and unburrow rats (he can do neither), and he takes the boys out on sporting pretences into all sorts of suburban fields.
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He feigns that he can bring down sparrows, and unburrow rats (he can do neither), and he takes the boys out on sporting pretences into all sorts of suburban fields.
The Uncommercial Traveller Charles Dickens 1841
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"I have been studying on that, and the best thing I can think of, is, to post men enough to guard him securely through the night; and then have on force enough in the morning to unburrow him, by some means or other, which we will contrive when the time comes."
Gaut Gurley D. P. Thompson 1831
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- When you unburrow a Crypt Fiend, its auto-cast will no longer be toggled off.
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