verb
Meaning 1
To excavate something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
dig up
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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verb
Meaning 2
To discover something by digging; to unearth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
Examples
- dig up information
- dig up proof
- dig up some scandalous stories
- dig some gossip up on him.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To find a supply of (something); to pay up.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- You'll have to dig up eight grand to pay for this.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
find by digging in the ground
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I dug up an old box in the garden
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: excavate, turn up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: obtain
Narrower terms: grub up, grub out, nuzzle, disinter, exhume
verb
Meaning 5
remove, harvest, or recover by digging
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- dig salt
- dig coal
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dig, dig out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: excavate, unearth
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: vytěžit — to excavate
- Czech: těžit — to excavate
- Czech: dobývat — to excavate
- Finnish: kaivaa — to excavate
- French: déplanter — to excavate
- German: ausgraben — to excavate
- Gothic: 𐌿𐍆𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (ufgraban) — to excavate
- Ancient Greek: ἀνορύσσω (anorússō) — to excavate
- Italian: disseppellire — to excavate
- Italian: dissotterrare — to excavate
- Latin: effodiō — to excavate
- Latin: exhumō — to excavate
- Māori: houhou — to excavate
- Māori: huke — to excavate
- Polish: wykopywać — to excavate
- Polish: wykopać — to excavate
- Polish: odkopywać — to excavate
- Polish: odkopać — to excavate
- Quechua: allay — to excavate
- Romanian: dezgropa — to excavate
- Walloon: displanter — to excavate
- Zulu: -mba — to excavate
- Czech: vykopat — to discover by digging
- Czech: dobýt — to discover by digging
- Czech: dobývat — to discover by digging
- Finnish: kaivaa esiin — to discover by digging
- French: dénicher — to discover by digging
- French: dégoter — to discover by digging
- French: mettre la main — to discover by digging
- Māori: huke — to discover by digging
- Polish: wykopywać — to discover by digging
- Polish: wykopać — to discover by digging
- Polish: odkopywać — to discover by digging
- Polish: odkopać — to discover by digging
- Russian: откопа́ть (otkopátʹ) — to discover by digging