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

Once dredged for sand and gravel to make up the roads, the river was prone to flooding.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
The fries here are great, but even better are the gluten-free onion rings, dredged in the same distinctive cornmeal coating used for the seafood.

— Luke Pyenson, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026

Definition of dredged

Verb

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

Verb

Workers excavated a 3-by 4-foot area to find the source of the leak and will begin welding a patch at the leak site on Thursday.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
That includes a stunning gold and jeweled necklace discovered on the remains of an adult woman presumed to be Julia Felix, excavated next to the Shrine of Isis at the prosperous businesswoman's sprawling estate.

— Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 22 July 2026

Definition of excavated

Verb

Risoli hunched down, ear pressed closer, to hear his soft sliver of a voice.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2026
As a producer hunched beneath the tank to show a service technician the filtration system over video call, a cleaning lady entered the room with machinery.

— Lauren Oyler, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

Definition of hunched

Verb

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

Verb

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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