Definitions for dig up
dig up

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. excavate, dig up, turn upverb

   find by digging in the ground

   "I dug up an old box in the garden"

2. dig, dig up, dig outverb

   remove, harvest, or recover by digging

   "dig salt"; "dig coal"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dig upverb

   to excavate something

2. dig upverb

   to discover something by digging; to unearth

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Dig upverb

   To throw up that which is covered with earth.

   If I digg’d up thy forefather’s graves,
   And hung their rotten coffins up in chains,
   It would not slake mine ire. William Shakespeare, H. VI.

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1. dig up

   To dig up refers to the action of removing or exposing something by digging into the ground or a surface. It could refer to literal digging to unearth objects or resources buried in the ground, or metaphorically, to discover or reveal hidden or forgotten information.

Matched Categories

1. • Excavate
   • Obtain

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How to say dig up in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dig up in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dig up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of dig up in a Sentence

1. Ohio Gov. John Kasich:

   I got Bush's campaign people out in my hometown, and I have a library out there, OK? I got a library out there. So they've been living in this library trying to dig up all this stuff against me.

2. Jonathan Barnett:

   We want to make a statement. This is an inquisition, and we just feel like they are trying to dig up anything they can but that it's one-sided, we don't understand Liz Cheney and Adam. There's just a lot of frustration with the January 6 committee and we don't think there's any representation on the Republican side. We'd like to see [ House Minority Leader Kevin ] McCarthy take care of these issues, but it's something we feel we need to talk about.

3. Herman Cain:

   You better believe that the people who hate me, who do not like conservatism, Republicans, are already digging up all of the negative stuff that's in stories from eight years ago, so be it. Let them go back and dig up eight-year-old stuff. I will be able to explain it this time where they wouldn't let me explain it the last time.

4. Wan Junaidi:

   Although there are 139 graves, we have not managed to dig up all of them, forensics have to do it carefully so the bodies and evidence are preserved. We don't know how many there are, and who they are.

5. Bill Gassett:

   I’ve had sellers with specific requests to take certain things that might have been a special gift, otherwise, you can’t just dig up a plant and take it with you; it’s part of the property.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=dig up
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dig_Up
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=dig up
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com