Related Words for dig

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excavate
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Verb, Noun
delve
/
Noun, Verb, Noun
excavation
xx/x
Noun, Noun
stab
/
Noun, Noun, Verb, Adjective
grind
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
barb
/
Noun, Noun, Verb
poke
/
Verb, Verb, Noun
jab
/
Noun, Noun, Verb
shot
/
Verb, Verb, Noun, Adjective
shaft
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
hollow
/x
Verb, Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
slam
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
grasp
/
Verb, Verb, Noun
prod
/
Noun, Noun, Verb
labour
/x
Verb, Noun, Verb
jibe
/
Verb, Noun, Verb
toil
/
Verb, Noun, Verb
travail
x/
Verb, Noun, Verb
drudge
/
Verb, Noun, Verb
compass
/x
Verb, Noun, Verb, Adverb
labor
/x
Adverb, Noun, Verb
apprehend
xx/
Verb, Verb
comprehend
xx/
Verb, Verb
savvy
/x
Verb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
cut into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
dig out
//
Phrase, Verb
get the picture
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
turn over
//x
Phrase, Verb
unearth
x/
Verb
bury
/x
Verb
burrowing
/xx
Noun
uncover
x/x
Verb
plow
/
Verb
dredging
/x
Noun
rummage
/x
Verb
scrape
/
Verb
carve
/
Verb
find
/
Verb
scour
/x
Verb
wade
/
Verb
dump
/
Verb
pull
/
Verb
crawl
/
Verb
clamber
/x
Verb
pry
/
Verb
sift
/
Verb
rip
/
Verb
suck
/
Verb
gnaw
/
Verb
hack
/
Verb
pierce
/
Verb
sink
/
Verb
pluck
/
Verb
dissect
x/
Verb
gouge out
//
Phrase, Verb
scooping
/x
Noun
shoveled
/x
Verb
mow
/
Verb
sneak
/
Verb
expose
x/
Verb
dive
/
Verb
rake up
//
Phrase, Verb
peek
/
Verb
yank
/
Verb
soak
/
Verb
trudge
/
Verb
chew
/
Verb
comb
/
Verb
pour
/
Verb
dip
/
Verb
push
/
Verb
nibble
/x
Verb
lay
/
Verb
replant
x/
Verb
sniff
/
Verb
plumb
/
Verb
look
/
Verb
break
/
Verb
hide
/
Verb
amble
/x
Verb
ferret
/x
Verb
tuck
/
Verb
stomp
/
Verb
put
/
Verb
turn
/
Verb
fill
/
Verb
scrub
/
Verb
wallow
/x
Verb
seep
/
Verb
hang
/
Verb
infiltrate
x/x
Verb
tease
/
Verb
slither
/x
Verb
hurl
/
Verb
locate
/x
Verb
climb
/
Verb
glean
/
Verb
unturned
x/
Verb
penetrate
/xx
Verb
chop
/
Verb
come
/
Verb
wriggle
/x
Verb
drilling
/x
Noun
gouge
/
Verb
stumble
/x
Verb
rake in
/x
Phrase, Verb
peck at
//
Phrase, Verb
scrape up
/x
Phrase, Verb
wear away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
ferret out
/x/
Phrase, Verb
pick at
//
Phrase, Verb
night soil
//
Phrase, Verb
eat away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
fall upon
/x/
Phrase, Verb
lie low
//
Phrase, Verb
polish off
/x/
Phrase, Verb
sci
x
Name
nuts
/
Adjective
sei
/
Noun
ditches
/x
Noun
deeper
/x
Adjective, Adverb
trenches
/x
Noun
clams
/
Noun
sly
/
Adverb
latrines
x/
Noun
entrenchments
x/x
Noun
yams
/
Noun
grave
/
Noun, Adjective
tunnels
/x
Noun
archaeological
xxx/xx
Adjective
hole
/
Noun
dens
/
Noun
trowel
/x
Noun
heels
/
Noun
tubers
/x
Noun
pit
/
Noun
fingernails
/xx
Noun
grubs
/
Noun
turnips
/x
Noun
dirt
/
Noun
canals
x/
Noun
footings
/x
Noun
wells
/
Noun
claws
/
Noun
potatoes
x/x
Noun
plough
/
Verb
surg
/
Name
moat
/
Noun
therewith
//
Adverb
worms
/
Noun
furrows
/x
Noun
nails
/
Noun
peat
/
Noun
adore
x/
Verb
antigen
/xx
Noun
avidin
/xx
Noun
biotin
/xx
Noun
bite
/
Noun, Verb
blasted
/x
Adjective, Adverb
borehole
/x
Noun, Verb
bout
/
Noun, Verb
burn
/
Verb, Noun
catch on
//
Phrase, Verb
commercial
x/x
Adjective, Noun
con
/
Noun, Verb
cool
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
core
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
crops
/
Noun
deepen
/x
Verb
dibble
/x
Name, Verb
digest
x/
Noun, Verb
dis
/
Noun, Verb
disused
x/
Adjective
draw
/
Verb, Noun
drive
/
Noun, Verb
exacerbate
x/xx
Verb
explore
x/
Verb, Noun
figure
/x
Noun, Verb
fortify
/xx
Verb
frisk
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
galactosidase
x/xxx
Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
get it
//
Phrase, Verb
get onto
//x
Phrase, Verb
groove
/
Noun, Verb
hitch
/
Noun, Verb
igg
/
Name, Verb
increase
x/
Noun, Verb
intuit
x/x
Verb
kick
/
Verb, Noun
latch on
//
Phrase, Verb
lift
/
Verb, Noun
ligand
/x
Noun
like
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
lime
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
listen
/x
Verb, Noun
love
/
Noun, Verb
muck
/
Noun, Verb
naked
/x
Adjective
nip
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
nudge
/
Noun, Verb
opening
/xx
Noun, Adjective
pinch
/
Noun, Verb
planting
/x
Noun
preformed
x/
Adjective
prospecting
x/x
Noun
root
/
Noun, Verb
rout
/
Noun, Verb
rub
/
Verb, Noun
rut
/
Noun, Verb
searching
/x
Noun, Adjective
shallow
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
site
/
Noun, Verb
snap
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
tap
/
Verb, Noun
thee
/
Verb, Noun
tumble
/x
Verb, Noun
twig
/
Noun, Verb
understand
xx/
Verb
unlined
x/
Adjective
waterlogged
/xx
Adjective
widening
/xx
Noun, Adjective
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
closet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
aisle
/
Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
pidgin
/x
Noun
bog
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
die
/
Verb, Noun
butt
/
Noun, Verb
backside
/x
Noun, Adjective