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. 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.

2. Joe Rogan:

   I think I'll probably vote for Bernie. Him as a human being, when I was hanging out with him, I believe in him, I like him, I like him a lot, what Bernie stands for is a guy -- look, you could dig up dirt on every single human being that's ever existed if you catch them in their worst moment and you magnify those moments and you cut out everything else and you only display those worst moments. That said, you can't find very many with Bernie. He's been insanely consistent his entire life. He's basically been saying the same thing, been for the same thing his whole life. And that in and of itself is a very powerful structure to operate from.

3. Frank Hargrave:

   An investigation in 1522 suggested that he was corrupt with stories that he had fathered a son ‘with a club foot’ within the local community although these kinds of stories were often fabricated by Henry’s commissioners as they were encouraged to dig up as much dirt as they could, probably to help the dangerous situation in the northwest, a local aristocrat, Sir William Brereton managed to have the Abbot’s death sentence cancelled and he and his canons were pensioned off with the closure of Norton Abbey.

4. Herman Cain:

   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.

5. Josh Mogerman:

   It's an ongoing race that cities all over the country are constantly needing to dig up and replace and fix that infrastructure.

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
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