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Dig up Moderate

Dig up has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

find by digging in the ground

"I dug up an old box in the garden"

2

remove, harvest, or recover by digging

"dig salt"

"dig coal"

3

to excavate something

Example Sentences
"I dug up an old box in the garden" verb
"dig salt" verb
"dig coal" verb
See Also
undelve rake over excavate digging dig out root up unearth discover
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
obtain excavate
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
grub up nuzzle disinter
Rhyming Words
2 up 7 up 1 up on up go up ey up re up do up tug up tee up bid up bag up end up eye up fog up fed up ton up rig up man up ice up
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