BURROWED Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

burrowed

verb

past tense of burrow

as in clawed

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The combined sewage-overflow tanks that are supposed to divert sewage from running into the canal won’t be complete until 2029 — a seven-year delay that might require parts of the canal to be re-dredged again to remove the contamination.

— Kim Velsey, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2026
His defenders have dredged statues out of rivers and remounted them.

— Peter C. Mancall, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of dredged

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The victim’s brother walked to midfield, crouched, took aim, and fired.

— Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026
State police said the preliminary investigation by its homicide unit indicated that Moorhead had been crouched close to the ground in an open field, hunting, when Soto passed by with a man and two children.

— Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of crouched

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When decades-old music or books are excavated and celebrated — lately a common occurrence amid the retromania of our culture industry — the artists are often long gone.

— Jack Denton, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
The limestone sarcophagus was discovered in 1820 and officially excavated in 1869 from what is now a grassy strip along the north side of the abbey’s nave.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of excavated

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With my shorter stature, the firm fabric of the bib juts tight at the throat especially when hunched over the counter during cooking prep.

— Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
In the director’s tent, Lee sat next to his script supervisor, hunched over a boxy monitor that had long blinders attached to keep out the light.

— E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of hunched

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While today’s cinema listings are crammed with sequels and remakes, with the watching experience couched in discourse and then discourse about the discourse, the best ’90s films were for the most part true originals.

— Daisy Jones, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2026
But the lawsuit alleges that these numbers, advertised in Anthropic’s marketing graphics, are misleadingly couched in fine print.

— Hayden Field, The Verge, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of couched

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