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DIG OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Create by digging
Example:
dig out a channel
Synonyms:
dig; dig out
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "dig out" is one way to...):
core out; hollow; hollow out (remove the interior of)
"Dig out" entails doing...:
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dig out"):
lift (take (root crops) out of the ground)
trench (dig a trench or trenches)
dibble (make a hole with a wooden hand tool)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Dig out from underneath earth or snow
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "dig out" is one way to...):
disengage; free (free or remove obstruction from)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 3
Meaning:
Remove, harvest, or recover by digging
Example:
dig coal
Synonyms:
dig; dig out; dig up
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "dig out" is one way to...):
excavate; unearth (recover through digging)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
