BURROWED Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

burrowed

verb

past tense of burrow

as in clawed

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as in crouched

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Verb

Astor’s body was dredged from the drink, shipped from Nova Scotia to New York, and attended to by Crandall with such deftness that his funeral featured a public viewing.

— John Semley, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
Once dredged for sand and gravel to make up the roads, the river was prone to flooding.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026

Definition of dredged

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Every few feet, the cats stopped and sat on their hindquarters, or crouched down out of sight.

— Elizabeth Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026
After getting broken to fall behind 2-4 in the third, Djokovic attempted to knock a ball back to the ball boy, who was crouched beside the umpire’s chair.

— Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026

Definition of crouched

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Authorities say the site in Kalluder, in the municipality of Zubin Potok, has been cordoned off and was not previously excavated in the search for evidence of war crimes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
On Thursday, workers excavated a 3-foot-by-4-foot area to find the source of the water, plugged the leak and resumed preparing the street to reopen.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026

Definition of excavated

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Police said Alston and her boyfriend, Halley Tejada, gained access to the Kips Bay apartment Vitels had just moved into on 31st Street and squatted there for two days.

— Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 26 June 2026
Making a place known Just before noon the following day, Susan Washko squatted over a white plastic tub beside the stream that runs through Fiftymile Canyon.

— Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 7 June 2026

Definition of squatted

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Yet every bit of critique was couched as serving a larger goal for both of them.

— Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 26 June 2026
Thankfully, there are self-aware jabs as well, and it’s all couched in a character- and ensemble-centric ending that has hearty portions that help the random sour bite go down smoothly.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 25 June 2026

Definition of couched

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