Definitions for dig up
dig up

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. excavate, dig up, turn upverb

   find by digging in the ground

   "I dug up an old box in the garden"

2. dig, dig up, dig outverb

   remove, harvest, or recover by digging

   "dig salt"; "dig coal"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dig upverb

   to excavate something

2. dig upverb

   to discover something by digging; to unearth

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Dig upverb

   To throw up that which is covered with earth.

   If I digg’d up thy forefather’s graves,
   And hung their rotten coffins up in chains,
   It would not slake mine ire. William Shakespeare, H. VI.

Matched Categories

1. • Excavate
   • Obtain

How to pronounce dig up?

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How to say dig up in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dig up in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dig up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of dig up in a Sentence

1. Bill Gassett:

   I’ve had sellers with specific requests to take certain things that might have been a special gift, otherwise, you can’t just dig up a plant and take it with you; it’s part of the property.

2. Frank Hargrave:

   An investigation in 1522 suggested that he was corrupt with stories that he had fathered a son ‘with a club foot’ within the local community although these kinds of stories were often fabricated by Henry’s commissioners as they were encouraged to dig up as much dirt as they could, probably to help the dangerous situation in the northwest, a local aristocrat, Sir William Brereton managed to have the Abbot’s death sentence cancelled and he and his canons were pensioned off with the closure of Norton Abbey.

3. Ben McAdams:

   Before making any judgments, I want to know the facts of what occurred between the President and Ukraine, i share Sen. (Mitt) Romney's view that If the President used his position to pressure a foreign power to dig up dirt on a rival for his own personal gain, it would be deeply troubling. I believe it would be a betrayal of the loyalty owed to our country and the Constitution.

4. Jonathan Barnett:

   We want to make a statement. This is an inquisition, and we just feel like they are trying to dig up anything they can but that it's one-sided, we don't understand Liz Cheney and Adam. There's just a lot of frustration with the January 6 committee and we don't think there's any representation on the Republican side. We'd like to see [ House Minority Leader Kevin ] McCarthy take care of these issues, but it's something we feel we need to talk about.

5. Elissa Slotkin:

   The issue that got to me was this idea that the President, the most powerful man in the world, reached out to a foreigner, a foreign leader, and asked him to dig up dirt on an American.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=dig up
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dig_Up
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=dig up