Dig Up (Verb)
Meaning 1
Remove, harvest, or recover by digging; "dig salt"; "dig coal".
Classification
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
Examples
- The archaeologists spent years trying to dig up the ancient city from the desert sands.
- The farmers dig up the potatoes in autumn when they are ready to be harvested.
- Excavators dug up the old road to lay new pipes beneath the surface.
- In some parts of the world, people still dig up coal by hand to use as fuel.
- The crew had to dig up the sidewalk to repair the broken pipes beneath it.
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Meaning 2
Find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- Archaeologists spent years trying to dig up artifacts from the ancient city that was buried under the desert sand.
- The farmer dug up a buried well to provide water for the crops during the dry season.
- The construction workers dug up a hidden room while renovating the old mansion.
- In the garden, my grandmother dug up an old box containing our family heirlooms.
- Excavators dug up several mammoth skeletons from the permafrost in Siberia.