verb Download 🔗Share To make a tunnel through or under something; to burrow. Examples : "The ants were tunneling under the picnic blanket, creating a hidden network of pathways. " geology architecture environment building technical action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To dig a tunnel. Examples : "The children were tunneling in the sandbox, trying to reach the buried treasure. " geology architecture building industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To transmit something through a tunnel (wrapper for insecure or unsupported protocol). Examples : "The company's new software is tunneling sensitive financial data through a secure server to avoid unauthorized access. " technology computing internet communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To insert a catheter into a vein to allow long-term use. Examples : "The doctor is tunneling the catheter into the patient's arm so they can receive chemotherapy for several months. " medicine technical body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To undergo the quantum-mechanical phenomenon where a particle penetrates through a barrier that it classically cannot surmount. Examples : "In physics class, we learned about electrons tunneling through energy barriers, even when they don't have enough energy to go over them. " physics science phenomena theory energy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The act of burrowing a tunnel. Examples : "The city's tunneling project will improve the subway system. " geology architecture action process industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The practice of exploring tunnel. Examples : "His hobby of tunneling in old mines was quite dangerous, so his family worried about him. " geology archaeology building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The quantum mechanical passing of a particle through an energy barrier. Examples : "The tunneling effect allows electrons to pass through the thin insulating layer in a microchip, enabling the circuit to function. " physics theory energy phenomena Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A type of fraud where assets and profits are transferred out of firms for the benefit of those who control them. Examples : "The company's sudden bankruptcy raised suspicions of tunneling, as the owner had recently moved millions of dollars to his personal accounts. " business finance economy law asset Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A feature of the file system that allows files to preserve certain properties, such as creation date, even after being deleted and recreated. Examples : ""Because of tunneling, when I accidentally deleted my school report and then immediately restored it from the recycle bin, the date it was originally created remained unchanged." " computing technology system Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading