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English verb: dig up | |||
| 1. | dig up (contact) find by digging in the ground | ||
| Samples | I dug up an old box in the garden. | ||
| Synonyms | excavate, turn up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | obtain | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | disinter, exhume, grub out, grub up, nuzzle | ||
| Verb group | locate, turn up | ||
| 2. | dig up (perception) remove, harvest, or recover by digging | ||
| Samples | Dig salt. Dig coal. | ||
| Synonyms | dig, dig out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | excavate, unearth | ||
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