dig up

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

dig up (third-person singular simple present digs up, present participle digging up, simple past and past participle dug up)

(transitive) to excavate something
- 2020 August 12, “Network News: Four new jacks at Clacton depot”, in Rail, page 18:
  The work involved a complete rewiring of the system, while the addition of four higher-capacity Mechan jacks and the increased length of the new train meant the entire floor (the length of four train carriages) had to be dug up, levelled and strengthened to meet tolerance requirements.
(transitive, idiomatic) to discover something by digging; to unearth
dig up information

dig up proof

dig up some scandalous stories

dig some gossip up on him.
(transitive) To find a supply of (something); to pay up.
You'll have to dig up eight grand to pay for this.

Translations

to excavate

Czech: vytěžit pf, těžit (cs) impf, dobývat impf
Finnish: kaivaa (fi)
French: déplanter (fr)
German: ausgraben (de)
Gothic: 𐌿𐍆𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (ufgraban)
Greek:
Ancient: ἀνορύσσω (anorússō)
Italian: disseppellire (it), dissotterrare (it)
Latin: effodiō
Maori: houhou, huke
Quechua: allay
Romanian: dezgropa (ro)
Walloon: displanter (wa) (plants)
Zulu: -mba

to discover by digging

Czech: vykopat (cs) pf, dobýt (cs) pf, dobývat impf
Finnish: kaivaa esiin
French: dénicher (fr), dégoter (fr) (colloquial), mettre la main (fr)
Maori: huke
Russian: откопа́ть (ru) pf (otkopátʹ)

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French: ^{(please verify)} déterrer (fr), (1) ^{(please verify)} exhumer (fr), ^{(please verify)} dénicher (fr), (2) ^{(please verify)} mettre à jour (fr) ^{(please verify)} piocher (fr), ^{(please verify)} déraciner (fr)