Dig up

verb

verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To excavate something. transitive

    "The work involved a complete rewiring of the system, while the addition of four higher-capacity Mechan jacks and the increased length of the new train meant the entire floor (the length of four train carriages) had to be dug up, levelled and strengthened to meet tolerance requirements."

  2. 2
    find by digging in the ground wordnet
  3. 3
    To discover something by digging; to unearth. idiomatic, transitive

    "dig up information"

  4. 4
    remove, harvest, or recover by digging wordnet
  5. 5
    To find a supply of (something); to pay up. transitive

    "You'll have to dig up eight grand to pay for this."

Synonyms

All synonyms
accumulateagglomerateaggregateaggroupamassartifact

Example

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"The work involved a complete rewiring of the system, while the addition of four higher-capacity Mechan jacks and the increased length of the new train meant the entire floor (the length of four train carriages) had to be dug up, levelled and strengthened to meet tolerance requirements."

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