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Meaning of burrow #1 (permalink) Tue May 24, 2005 22:20 pm   Meaning of burrow
 

Test No. incompl/inter-31 "Life on Mars?", question 6

A spacecraft is heading for the planet with a device that will ......... into the soil to sniff for proof of any life.

(a) hole
(b) swim
(c) burrow
(d) turn

Test No. incompl/inter-31 "Life on Mars?", answer 6

A spacecraft is heading for the planet with a device that will burrow into the soil to sniff for proof of any life.

Correct answer: (c) burrow
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Meaning of burrow #2 (permalink) Wed May 25, 2005 16:26 pm   Meaning of burrow
 

Burrow means to dig a hole into the ground.

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Ok #3 (permalink) Thu Jun 02, 2005 19:39 pm   Ok
 

Also means the place where animals stay specially at night used as a noun of course.
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Meaning of burrow #4 (permalink) Thu Sep 08, 2005 5:07 am   Meaning of burrow
 

Torsten wrote:
Burrow means to dig a hole into the ground.

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Hi,
As I know, the word "hole" also has the meaning of dig a hole into the ground while used as a verb.So can I use it here?
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Meaning of burrow #5 (permalink) Sun Aug 23, 2009 15:20 pm   Meaning of burrow
 

Strawberry girl wrote:
Torsten wrote:
Burrow means to dig a hole into the ground.

:wink:
Hi,
As I know, the word "hole" also has the meaning of dig a hole into the ground while used as a verb.So can I use it here?


Yeah I thought that too. But looked at Adv. Learner's Dictionary and found out:

Hole - to make a hole in something, especially a ship or boat

"A torpedo holed the ship below the water and it quickly sank."

Burrow - [ I + adverb or preposition ] to search for something, as if by digging

To sum this up - no you cannot use it in this sentece.
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