| VERB | perception | dig out, dig, dig up | remove, harvest, or recover by digging |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | dig out | dig out from underneath earth or snow | |
| contact | dig out, dig | create by digging |
| Meaning | Remove, harvest, or recover by digging. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | dig, dig up | |
| Broader | excavate, unearth | Recover through digging |
| Meaning | dig out from underneath earth or snow. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Broader | free, disengage | Free or remove obstruction from |
| See also | dig | turn up, loosen, or remove earth |
| Spanish | sacar | |
| Meaning | create by digging. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "dig out a channel" | |
| Synonym | dig | |
| Entails | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
| Narrower | dibble | make a hole with a wooden hand tool |
| lift | Take (root crops) out of the ground | |
| trench | dig a trench / trench or trenches / trenches | |
| Broader | hollow, hollow out, core out | Remove the interior of |
| Spanish | ahondar, cavar, excavar | |
| Catalan | cavar, excavar | |
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