dig up

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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
(transitive, idiomatic) to discover something by digging; to unearth

Translations

to excavate

Czech: vytěžit pf, těžit (cs) impf, dobývat impf
Finnish: kaivaa (fi)
French: déplanter (fr)
German: ausgraben (de)
Gothic: 𐌿𐍆𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (ufgraban)
Italian: disseppellire, dissotterrare (it)

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

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) piocher, ^{(please verify)} déraciner (fr)

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