"burrowing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: burrowings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} burrowing (plural burrowings)
  1. The act or result of making a burrow. Derived forms: burrowing junction, nonburrowing, semiburrowing, terminal burrowing
    Sense id: en-burrowing-en-noun-VcDzttOB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} burrowing
  1. present participle and gerund of burrow Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: burrow
    Sense id: en-burrowing-en-verb-HQuZVGl5

Inflected forms

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