💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Dig up"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| excavateverb | (transitive) To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out. |
| turn upverb | (intransitive, copulative) To show up; to appear suddenly or unexpectedly. |
| dig outverb | (transitive) To remove something by digging. |
| dredgenoun | The act of dredging. |
| delveverb | (ambitransitive) To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out |
| unearthverb | To uncover or find; to bring out from concealment |
| unburyverb | To dig up, to remove from the ground. |
| root outverb | (transitive) To remove or abolish completely. |
| dig up dirtverb | (idiomatic, usually with on) To examine in order to find negative information for public opinion, usually with the purpose of embarrassing or discrediting a person. |
| excaveverb | (obsolete) To excavate. |
| exhumeverb | (transitive) To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter. |
| stock upverb | (intransitive) To acquire or increase stock or inventory. [(often) with on] |
| detrenchverb | To render something that was entrenched less thoroughly established. |
| unplantverb | (transitive) To dig up and remove (something planted). |
| shovel outverb | (transitive) to remove something by shoveling or digging. |
| uprootverb | (transitive) (figuratively) To remove (someone or something) from a familiar circumstance, especially suddenly and unwillingly. |
| undelveverb | To reveal by delving; to dig up. |
| exhumateverb | To exhume; to disinter. |
| more | To a greater degree or extent. |
| plow upverb | (American spelling) To uncover or unearth (something) through plowing. |
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