1. Literally, to overturn soil or a similar substance by digging. A noun or pronoun can be used between "dig" and "up."That darn groundhog has dug up my herb garden for the second year in a row.Watch out for holes if you go outside—Rover tends to dig up our back yard.Here, ...
to dig one's own grave→cavarsupropiatumba 2.(=break up) [+ground] →remover 3.(=cultivate) [+garden] →cultivar,cavaren 4.(=add) [+fertilizer, compost] →meter(intoen) →añadir(intoa) 5.(=extract) [+coal] →extraer,sacar ...
b.To obtain or find by an action similar to digging:dug a dollar out of his pocket; dug the puck out of the corner. 4.To learn or discover by careful research or investigation:dug up the evidence; dug out the real facts. 5.To force down and into something; thrust:dug his foot in...