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dig out
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | dig out - remove, harvest, or recover by digging; "dig salt"; "dig coal"dig up, digexcavate, unearth - recover through digging; "Schliemann excavated Troy"; "excavate gold" | | 2. | dig out - dig out from underneath earth or snowdisengage, free - free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor" | | 3. | dig out - create by digging; "dig a hole"; "dig out a channel"digcore out, hollow out, hollow - remove the interior of; "hollow out a tree trunk"lift - take (root crops) out of the ground; "lift potatoes"trench - dig a trench or trenches; "The National Guardsmen were sent out to trench"dibble - make a hole with a wooden hand tool; "dibble the ground" |
digverb1. To break, turn over, or remove (earth or sand, for example) with or as if with a tool:delve, excavate, grub, scoop, shovel, spade.2. To make by digging:excavate, scoop, shovel.3. To go into or through for the purpose of making discoveries or acquiring information:delve, explore, inquire, investigate, look into, probe, reconnoiter, scout.4. To find by investigation.Out or up:turn up, uncover, unearth.5. To cause to penetrate with force:drive, plunge, ram, run, sink, stab, stick, thrust.6. To thrust against or into:jab, jog, nudge, poke, prod.7. Slang. To perceive and recognize the meaning of:accept, apprehend, catch (on), compass, comprehend, conceive, fathom, follow, get, grasp, make out, read, see, sense, take, take in, understand.Informal: savvy.Chiefly British: twig.Scots: ken.Idioms: get a handle on, get the picture.8. Slang. To receive pleasure from:enjoy, like, relish, savor.Informal: go for.noun1. An act of thrusting into or against, as to attract attention:jab, jog, nudge, poke.2. A flippant or sarcastic remark:crack, quip.Slang: wisecrack.3. Chiefly British. A building or shelter where one lives.Used in plural:abode, domicile, dwelling, habitation, home, house, lodging (often used in plural), place, residence.Translationsdig (dig) – present participle ˈdigging: past tense, past participle dug (dag) – verb1. to turn up (earth) with a spade etc. to dig the garden. 掘(土) 掘（土） 2. to make (a hole) in this way. The child dug a tunnel in the sand. 挖(洞) 挖（洞） 3. to poke. He dug his brother in the ribs with his elbow. 用肘碰某人(暗示要他注意) 用肘碰某人（暗示要他注意） noun a poke. a dig in the ribs; I knew that his remarks about women drivers were a dig at me (= a joke directed at me). 挖苦 挖苦ˈdigger noun a machine for digging. 挖掘機 挖掘机dig out1. to get out by digging. We had to dig the car out of the mud. 挖出 掘出2. to find by searching. I'll see if I can dig out that photo. 發現 发现dig upWe dug up that old tree; They dug up a skeleton; They're digging up the road yet again. 挖出 挖出dig out
dig out1. To create an exit by channeling, tunneling, etc. A noun or pronoun can be used between "dig" and "out." The groundhog dug out of its burrow and advanced on my herb garden.2. To remove something from something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "dig" and "out." Paulina was careful to dig every last raisin out of the cookie.3. To locate something after searching for it. A noun or pronoun can be used between "dig" and "out." After a few minutes, I was finally able to dig my sunglasses out of my purse.4. To remove an excess accumulation of something, such as snow or mud. It'll be days before we're able to dig out from this blizzard. Rescue crews have been helping the residents dig out after the mudslide.See also: dig, outdig something outFig. to work hard to locate something and bring it forth. They dug the contract out of the file cabinet. I dug out an old dress and wore it to the Fifties party.See also: dig, outdig out (of something)to channel or excavate one's way out of something. The miner had to dig out of the cave-in. They were too exhausted to dig out.See also: dig, outdig out1. Extract, remove, as in He was determined to dig out every bit of metal he could find. [Late 1300s] 2. Find by searching for, as in He dug out his first contract from the file. [Mid-1800s] See also: dig, outdig outv.1. To create a space or structure by digging: The fox dug a shelter out of the dense earth. The workers dug out a moat around the castle.2. To create some pathway that leads from some place by digging: The prisoners dug a tunnel out of the dungeon.3. To expose, gain access to, or free something by digging and removing what surrounds it: They worked around the clock to dig out the city after the blizzard. The nurse dug the splinter out of my finger with a needle.4. To emerge or become accessible by or as if by digging: It took three weeks for the village to dig out after the mudslide.See also: dig, out dig it out Slang To run as fast as one can, especially as a base runner in baseball.See also: dig, outEncyclopediaSeedigMedicalSeeDIGdig out
Related to dig out: dig upSynonyms for dig outverb remove, harvest, or recover by diggingSynonymsRelated Wordsverb dig out from underneath earth or snowRelated Wordsverb create by diggingSynonymsRelated Words- core out
- hollow out
- hollow
- lift
- trench
- dibble
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