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- Tunnel - v. t. - To form into a tunnel, or funnel, or to form like a tunnel; as, to tunnel fibrous plants into nests.
- Tunnel - v. t. - To catch in a tunnel net.
- Tunnel - v. t. - To make an opening, or a passageway, through or under; as, to tunnel a mountain; to tunnel a river.
- Tunnel - n. . - A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying liquor, fluids, etc., into casks, bottles, or other vessels; a funnel.
- Tunnel - n. . - The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue; a funnel.
- Tunnel - n. . - An artificial passage or archway for conducting canals or railroads under elevated ground, for the formation of roads under rivers or canals, and the construction of sewers, drains, and the like.
- Tunnel - n. . - A level passage driven across the measures, or at right angles to veins which it is desired to reach; -- distinguished from the drift, or gangway, which is led along the vein when reached by the tunnel.
- Tunneled - imp. & p. p. - of Tunnel
- Tunneling - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Tunnel
- Tunnelled - - of Tunnel
- Tunnelling - - of Tunnel
- Tunnel - v. t. - To form into a tunnel, or funnel, or to form like a tunnel; as, to tunnel fibrous plants into nests.
- Mine - v. i. - A cavity or tunnel made under a fortification or other work, for the purpose of blowing up the superstructure with some explosive agent.
- Tunnel - v. t. - To make an opening, or a passageway, through or under; as, to tunnel a mountain; to tunnel a river.
- Tunnel - v. t. - To catch in a tunnel net.
- Mine - v. i. - To form subterraneous tunnel or hole; to form a burrow or lodge in the earth; as, the mining cony.