| dig up | | |
| v. (contact) | 1.dig up,excavate,turn up | find by digging in the ground.; "I dug up an old box in the garden" |
| ~grub out,grub up | dig up.; "grub up roots and tree stumps" |
| ~nuzzle | dig out with the snout.; "the pig nuzzled the truffle" |
| ~obtain | come into possession of.; "How did you obtain the visa?" |
| ~locate,turn up | discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining.; "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing" |
| ~disinter,exhume | dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies. |
| v. (perception) | 2.dig,dig out,dig up | remove, harvest, or recover by digging.; "dig salt"; "dig coal" |
| ~excavate,unearth | recover through digging.; "Schliemann excavated Troy"; "excavate gold" |