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burrow
(encz) | burrow,doupě Zdeněk Brož |
burrow
(encz) | burrow,nora n: Zdeněk Brož |
Burrow
(gcide) | Burrow \Bur"row\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Burrowed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Burrowing.]
1. To excavate a hole to lodge in, as in the earth; to lodge
in a hole excavated in the earth, as conies or rabbits.
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2. To lodge, or take refuge, in any deep or concealed place;
to hide.
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Sir, this vermin of court reporters, when they are
forced into day upon one point, are sure to burrow
in another. --Burke.
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Burrowing owl (Zool.), a small owl of the western part of
North America (Speotyto cunicularia), which lives in
holes, often in company with the prairie dog.
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Burrow
(gcide) | Burrow \Bur"row\, n. [See 1st Borough.]
1. An incorporated town. See 1st Borough.
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2. A shelter; esp. a hole in the ground made by certain
animals, as rabbits, for shelter and habitation.
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3. (Mining) A heap or heaps of rubbish or refuse.
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4. A mound. See 3d Barrow, and Camp, n., 5.
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burrow
(gcide) | Camp \Camp\ (k[a^]mp), n. [F. camp, It. campo, fr. L. campus
plant, field; akin to Gr. kh^pos garden. Cf. Campaign,
Champ, n.]
1. The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected
for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc. --Shak.
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2. A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly
arranged in an orderly manner.
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Forming a camp in the neighborhood of Boston. --W.
Irving.
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3. A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp.
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4. The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers,
of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc.
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The camp broke up with the confusion of a flight.
--Macaulay.
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5. (Agric.) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other
vegetables are stored for protection against frost; --
called also burrow and pie. [Prov. Eng.]
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6. [Cf. OE. & AS. camp contest, battle. See champion.] An
ancient game of football, played in some parts of England.
--Halliwell.
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Camp bedstead, a light bedstead that can be folded up onto
a small space for easy transportation.
camp ceiling (Arch.), a kind ceiling often used in attics
or garrets, in which the side walls are inclined inward at
the top, following the slope of the rafters, to meet the
plane surface of the upper ceiling.
Camp chair, a light chair that can be folded up compactly
for easy transportation; the seat and back are often made
of strips or pieces of carpet.
Camp fever, typhus fever.
Camp follower, a civilian accompanying an army, as a
sutler, servant, etc.
Camp meeting, a religious gathering for open-air preaching,
held in some retired spot, chiefly by Methodists. It
usually last for several days, during which those present
lodge in tents, temporary houses, or cottages.
Camp stool, the same as camp chair, except that the stool
has no back.
Flying camp (Mil.), a camp or body of troops formed for
rapid motion from one place to another. --Farrow.
To pitch (a) camp, to set up the tents or huts of a camp.
To strike camp, to take down the tents or huts of a camp.
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burrow
(wn) | burrow
n 1: a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter [syn:
burrow, tunnel]
v 1: move through by or as by digging; "burrow through the
forest" [syn: burrow, tunnel] |
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burrower
(encz) | burrower,kdo dělá doupě Zdeněk Brož |
burrows
(encz) | burrows,nory n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
lowland burrowing treefrog
(encz) | lowland burrowing treefrog, n: |
rabbit burrow
(encz) | rabbit burrow,králičí nora n: Michal Ambrož |
Burrow
(gcide) | Burrow \Bur"row\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Burrowed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Burrowing.]
1. To excavate a hole to lodge in, as in the earth; to lodge
in a hole excavated in the earth, as conies or rabbits.
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2. To lodge, or take refuge, in any deep or concealed place;
to hide.
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Sir, this vermin of court reporters, when they are
forced into day upon one point, are sure to burrow
in another. --Burke.
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Burrowing owl (Zool.), a small owl of the western part of
North America (Speotyto cunicularia), which lives in
holes, often in company with the prairie dog.
[1913 Webster]Burrow \Bur"row\, n. [See 1st Borough.]
1. An incorporated town. See 1st Borough.
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2. A shelter; esp. a hole in the ground made by certain
animals, as rabbits, for shelter and habitation.
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3. (Mining) A heap or heaps of rubbish or refuse.
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4. A mound. See 3d Barrow, and Camp, n., 5.
[1913 Webster]Camp \Camp\ (k[a^]mp), n. [F. camp, It. campo, fr. L. campus
plant, field; akin to Gr. kh^pos garden. Cf. Campaign,
Champ, n.]
1. The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected
for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc. --Shak.
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2. A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly
arranged in an orderly manner.
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Forming a camp in the neighborhood of Boston. --W.
Irving.
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3. A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp.
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4. The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers,
of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc.
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The camp broke up with the confusion of a flight.
--Macaulay.
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5. (Agric.) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other
vegetables are stored for protection against frost; --
called also burrow and pie. [Prov. Eng.]
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6. [Cf. OE. & AS. camp contest, battle. See champion.] An
ancient game of football, played in some parts of England.
--Halliwell.
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Camp bedstead, a light bedstead that can be folded up onto
a small space for easy transportation.
camp ceiling (Arch.), a kind ceiling often used in attics
or garrets, in which the side walls are inclined inward at
the top, following the slope of the rafters, to meet the
plane surface of the upper ceiling.
Camp chair, a light chair that can be folded up compactly
for easy transportation; the seat and back are often made
of strips or pieces of carpet.
Camp fever, typhus fever.
Camp follower, a civilian accompanying an army, as a
sutler, servant, etc.
Camp meeting, a religious gathering for open-air preaching,
held in some retired spot, chiefly by Methodists. It
usually last for several days, during which those present
lodge in tents, temporary houses, or cottages.
Camp stool, the same as camp chair, except that the stool
has no back.
Flying camp (Mil.), a camp or body of troops formed for
rapid motion from one place to another. --Farrow.
To pitch (a) camp, to set up the tents or huts of a camp.
To strike camp, to take down the tents or huts of a camp.
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burrow duck
(gcide) | Sheldrake \Shel"drake`\, n. [Sheld + drake.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of large Old World
ducks of the genus Tadorna and allied genera, especially
the European and Asiatic species. (Tadorna cornuta syn.
Tadorna tadorna), which somewhat resembles a goose in
form and habit, but breeds in burrows.
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Note: It has the head and neck greenish black, the breast,
sides, and forward part of the back brown, the
shoulders and middle of belly black, the speculum
green, and the bill and frontal bright red. Called also
shelduck, shellduck, sheldfowl, skeelduck,
bergander, burrow duck, and links goose.
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Note: The Australian sheldrake (Tadorna radja) has the
head, neck, breast, flanks, and wing coverts white, the
upper part of the back and a band on the breast deep
chestnut, and the back and tail black. The chestnut
sheldrake of Australia (Casarca tadornoides) is
varied with black and chestnut, and has a dark green
head and neck. The ruddy sheldrake, or Braminy duck
(Casarca rutila), and the white-winged sheldrake
(Casarca leucoptera), are related Asiatic species.
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2. Any one of the American mergansers.
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Note: The name is also loosely applied to other ducks, as the
canvasback, and the shoveler.
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Burrowed
(gcide) | Burrow \Bur"row\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Burrowed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Burrowing.]
1. To excavate a hole to lodge in, as in the earth; to lodge
in a hole excavated in the earth, as conies or rabbits.
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2. To lodge, or take refuge, in any deep or concealed place;
to hide.
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Sir, this vermin of court reporters, when they are
forced into day upon one point, are sure to burrow
in another. --Burke.
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Burrowing owl (Zool.), a small owl of the western part of
North America (Speotyto cunicularia), which lives in
holes, often in company with the prairie dog.
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Burrower
(gcide) | Burrower \Bur"row*er\, n.
One who, or that which, burrows; an animal that makes a hole
under ground and lives in it.
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Burrowing
(gcide) | Burrow \Bur"row\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Burrowed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Burrowing.]
1. To excavate a hole to lodge in, as in the earth; to lodge
in a hole excavated in the earth, as conies or rabbits.
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2. To lodge, or take refuge, in any deep or concealed place;
to hide.
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Sir, this vermin of court reporters, when they are
forced into day upon one point, are sure to burrow
in another. --Burke.
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Burrowing owl (Zool.), a small owl of the western part of
North America (Speotyto cunicularia), which lives in
holes, often in company with the prairie dog.
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Burrowing owl
(gcide) | Burrow \Bur"row\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Burrowed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Burrowing.]
1. To excavate a hole to lodge in, as in the earth; to lodge
in a hole excavated in the earth, as conies or rabbits.
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2. To lodge, or take refuge, in any deep or concealed place;
to hide.
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Sir, this vermin of court reporters, when they are
forced into day upon one point, are sure to burrow
in another. --Burke.
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Burrowing owl (Zool.), a small owl of the western part of
North America (Speotyto cunicularia), which lives in
holes, often in company with the prairie dog.
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Rabbit burrow
(gcide) | Rabbit \Rab"bit\ (r[a^]b"b[i^]t), n. [OE. rabet, akin to OD.
robbe, robbeken.] (Zool.)
Any of the smaller species of the genus Lepus, especially the
common European species (Lepus cuniculus), which is often
kept as a pet, and has been introduced into many countries.
It is remarkably prolific, and has become a pest in some
parts of Australia and New Zealand.
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Note: The common American rabbit (Lepus sylvatica) is
similar but smaller. See Cottontail, and {Jack
rabbit}, under 2d Jack. The larger species of Lepus
are commonly called hares. See Hare.
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Angora rabbit (Zool.), a variety of the domestic rabbit
having long, soft fur.
Rabbit burrow, a hole in the earth made by rabbits for
shelter and habitation.
Rabbit fish. (Zool.)
(a) The northern chimaera (Chimaera monstrosa).
(b) Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, as the
bur fish, and puffer. The term is also locally applied to
other fishes.
Rabbits' ears. (Bot.) See Cyclamen.
Rabbit warren, a piece of ground appropriated to the
breeding and preservation of rabbits. --Wright.
Rock rabbit.
(a) (Zool.) See Daman, and Klipdas.
(b) the pika.
Welsh rabbit, a dish of which the chief constituents are
melted cheese over toasted bread, flavored in various
ways, as with ale, beer, milk, or spices. The name is
popularly said to be a corruption of Welsh rare bit, but
it is probably merely a humorous designation; -- also
called Welsh rarebit.
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Unburrow
(gcide) | Unburrow \Un*bur"row\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + burrow.]
To force from a burrow; to unearth.
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lowland burrowing treefrog
(wn) | lowland burrowing treefrog
n 1: terrestrial burrowing nocturnal frog of grassy terrain and
scrub forests having very hard upper surface of head; of
the United States southwest [syn: {lowland burrowing
treefrog}, northern casque-headed frog, {Pternohyla
fodiens}] |
rabbit burrow
(wn) | rabbit burrow
n 1: a hole in the ground as a nest made by wild rabbits [syn:
rabbit burrow, rabbit hole] |
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