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dig up

dig up verb: to excavate something.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To excavate something.
    • 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.2020 August 12, “Network News: Four new jacks at Clacton depot”, in Rail, page 18
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To discover something by digging; to unearth.
    • dig up information
    • dig up proof
  3. (transitive) To find a supply of (something); to pay up.
    • You'll have to dig up eight grand to pay for this.

dig up meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Kannada

dig up in Tamil

to dig up, to stir, scratch up
கிளை kiḷai

dig up in Bengali

কিছু খনন করা, উন্মোচন করা, সরবরাহ খুঁজে বের করা, পরিশোধ করা

dig up in Telugu

to dig up
తిరగతోడు tiragatōḍu

dig up in Kannada

ಕೆದಕು, ಗಬ್ಬರಿಸು, ಗೂರು

Forms of dig up

third-person singular presentdigs up
present participledigging up
past participledug up
pastdug up

Questions about dig up

What does dig up mean?
Dig up means to excavate something.
What is dig up in Tamil?
Dig up in Tamil is கிளை (kiḷai). See Dig up meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dig up?
Dig up is a verb.
What is the past tense of dig up?
The past tense of dig up is dug up.

Words near dig up in the dictionary

  1. dig oneself into a hole
  2. dig out
  3. dig out of a hole
  4. dig over
  5. dig round
  6. dig up
  7. dig up dirt
  8. dig yourself
  9. digable
  10. digacetinin
  11. digadolinium

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dig up (page history and authors); கிளை (Tamil) (page history and authors); dig up (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); తిరగతోడు (Telugu) (page history and authors); dig up (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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