dig out

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verb

1. create by digging
- dig a hole
- dig out a channel
• Syn:
dig
• Derivationally related forms:
dig (for: dig), digger (for: dig)
• Hypernyms:
hollow, hollow out, core out
• Hyponyms:
lift, trench, dibble
• Entailment:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. remove, harvest, or recover by digging
- dig salt
- dig coal
• Syn:
dig, dig up
• Hypernyms:
excavate, unearth
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. dig out from underneath earth or snow
• Hypernyms:
free, disengage
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s somebody