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to dig
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to dig up
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to mine
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to excavate
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to hollow
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to unearth
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to grub
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to trench
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to burrow
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to delve
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to exhume
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to spade
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to scoop
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to shovel
to dig
to dig
Verb
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to remove earth or another substance using a tool, machine, or hands

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The archaeologist used a shovel to dig for ancient artifacts.
Children love to dig in the sand at the beach.

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to dig up
to dig up
Verb
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/dˈɪɡ ˈʌp/

to find something by excavating or digging in the ground

Grammatical Information:

transitive
Phrasal Status
separable
phrase's verb
dig
phrase's particle
up
to mine
to mine
Verb
m
m
i
n
n
e

to extract resources from the earth by digging

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to excavate
to excavate
Verb
e
ɛ
x
ks
c
k
a
ə
v
v
a
t
t
e

to dig a hole or make a channel in the ground

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to hollow
to hollow
Verb
h
h
o
ɑ
ll
l
o
w

to carve out the inner part or center of something, creating an empty space

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to unearth
to unearth
Verb
u
ə
n
n
ea
ɜ
r
r
th
θ

to dig the ground and discover something

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to grub
to grub
Verb
g
g
r
r
u
ə
b
b

to dig or search in the ground

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to trench
to trench
Verb
t
t
r
r
e
ɛ
n
n
ch
ʧ

to dig a long, narrow hole in the ground

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to burrow
to burrow
Verb
b
b
u
ɜ:
rr
r
o
w

to dig a hole or tunnel into the ground or other surface to create a space for shelter or habitation

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to delve
to delve
Verb
d
d
e
ɛ
l
l
v
v
e

to dig into the ground, turning, loosening, or removing soil

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to exhume
to exhume
Verb
e
ɛ
x
ks
h
h
u
ju
m
m
e

to dig out a corpse from the ground, especially from a grave, for examination, reburial, or other purposes

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to spade
to spade
Verb
s
s
p
p
a
d
d
e

to dig using a tool with a flat blade and a long handle

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to scoop
to scoop
Verb
s
s
c
k
oo
u
p
p

to lift or remove something using a tool with a hollowed surface

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to shovel
to shovel
Verb
sh
ʃ
o
ə
v
v
e
ə
l
l

to use a rounded blade attached to a long handle to dig or move earth

Grammatical Information:

transitive

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