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Verbs of Attachment and Separation - Verbs for Digging

Here you will learn some English verbs referring to digging such as "mine", "hollow", and "scoop".

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Categorized English Verbs of Attachment, Separation, and Piercing
to dig

to remove earth or another substance using a tool, machine, or hands

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to dig up

to find something by excavating or digging in the ground

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to mine

to extract resources from the earth by digging

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to excavate

to dig a hole or make a channel in the ground

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to hollow

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

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to unearth

to dig the ground and discover something

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to grub

to dig or search in the ground

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to trench

to dig a long, narrow hole in the ground

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to burrow

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

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to delve

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

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to exhume

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

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to spade

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

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to scoop

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

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to shovel

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

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