Roger had to tunnel through the crowd to get to the rest room.
•The workers tunneled through the soft soil to reach the buried cable.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
tunnel — ► NOUN ▪ an artificial underground passage, built through a hill or under a building or by a burrowing animal. ► VERB (tunnelled, tunnelling; US tunneled, tunneling) ▪ dig or force a passage underground or through something. DERIVATIVES tunneller … English terms dictionary
cut a swathe through something — cut a ˈswathe through sth idiom (of a person, fire, etc.) to pass through a particular area destroying a large part of it • Building the tunnel would involve cutting a great swathe through the forest. Main entry: ↑swatheidiom … Useful english dictionary
through — ♦ (The preposition is pronounced [[t]θruː[/t]]. In other cases, through is pronounced [[t]θru͟ː[/t]]) 1) PREP To move through something such as a hole, opening, or pipe means to move directly from one side or end of it to the other. The theatre… … English dictionary
through — through1 W1S1 [θru:] prep, adv ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(door/passage etc)¦ 2¦(cutting/breaking)¦ 3¦(across an area)¦ 4¦(see through something)¦ 5¦(past a place)¦ 6¦(time)¦ 7¦(process/experience)¦ 8¦(competitions)¦ 9¦(because of something)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
tunnel — tun|nel1 W3 [ˈtʌnl] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: tonel barrel , from tonne, from Medieval Latin tunna] 1.) a passage that has been dug under the ground for cars, trains etc to go through ▪ a railway tunnel ▪ the Channel Tunnel… … Dictionary of contemporary English
tunnel — 1. noun /ˈtʌn(ə)l/ a) An underground or underwater passage. But very soon he grew to like it, for the Boy used to talk to him, and made nice tunnels for him under the bedclothes that he said were like the burrows the real rabbits lived in. b) A… … Wiktionary
Through The Dragon's Eye (episodes) — This is a list of episodes of Through The Dragon s Eye (a ten part BBC Look and Read educational children s fantasy television prgram). Each episidoe was about 20 minutes long. During the opening credits of Through the Dragon s Eye a book with… … Wikipedia
tunnel — noun 1》 an artificial underground passage, as built through a hill or under a building or by a burrowing animal. 2》 a polytunnel. verb (tunnels, tunnelling, tunnelled; US tunnels, tunneling, tunneled) 1》 dig or force a passage underground or… … English new terms dictionary
through — [ θru ] function word *** Through can be used in the following ways: as a preposition (followed by a noun): They were riding through a forest. as an adverb (without a following noun): There s a hole in the roof where the rain comes through. as an … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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Tunnel — This article is about underground passages. For other uses, see Tunnel (disambiguation). Underground tunnel for heatpipes between Rigshospitalet and Amagerværket in Denmark … Wikipedia
