DIG UP Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

dig up

verb

Definition of dig up

as in to find

to come upon after searching, study, or effort she tried to dig up any information she could for the report on sharks

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Recent Examples of dig up They were not fished out of a sewage outflow or dug up from a soil sample, which is where such things normally come from. — Elie Dolgin, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Aug. 2026 Her team has dug up living anthrax samples that may have been dormant for 80 years in previous research. — Rj MacKenzie, Popular Science, 5 Aug. 2026 Construction on the pipeline could mean members of the community must make the decision between digging up their ancestors to preserve their graves or having the graves destroyed in the construction. — Madeline Luebkert, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026 To date, contractors have dug up and replaced nearly 14,000 yards, mostly in a 27-square-mile area on the city’s east side, which has been declared a federal Superfund site. — Chris Bowling, ProPublica, 5 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dig up

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dig up

Verb

Following a breakaway, Barbra Banda found Haley McCutcheon at the top of the box for the first-time finish and 1-0 lead in the third minute.

— Phuoc Nguyen, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026
While all of the women found their respective moment to shine, no one rose to the occasion quite like Luann de Lesseps, who seemingly decided on her own that Kyle’s white party would be the perfect backdrop for a cabaret performance like none other.

— Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of find

Verb

The sixth-year forward is an athletic rebounder and has learned to fill the gaps created by defenses focusing on Wilson in the frontcourt.

— Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2026
From the moment Billie learns about Sophie-Rose, the teenager who inherited her legendary fake ID after it was already passed down to multiple other Gen-Z blondes, she’s obsessed.

— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of learn

Verb

Expect to discover many novel flavors of Brazil—butiá, cajú, cumaru—worked into the menu in unique ways.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026
Detectives believe 44-year-old Lacurtis Knight, from Tamarac, was hit Sunday by the car somewhere else, and then moved by someone to where his body was discovered, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office.

— David Goodhue August 28, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of discover

Verb

The single-family residence located in the 4700 block of Wheeler Drive in Fremont was sold on June 12, for $1,207,000, or $1,051 per square foot.

— Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
One of the two nests spotted this year was found inside a patch of barley left as a habitat by a farmer, with the other nest located less than a mile away, according to the charity.

— Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of locate

Verb

Those two freed a third person, who was only partially buried, and those three were able to dig out three other surviving skiers.

— Tribune News Service, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026
The Town of Munster has enlisted help in getting residents dug out of the seemingly endless piles of debris from the August 11 derecho.

— Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of dig out

Verb

Police had initially tried to pull over Shelton's vehicle, a 2006 Honda Civic, near Rodney Parham Road and Mississippi Street, but the vehicle fled through several streets and got away, Little Rock police said in a news release.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Aug. 2026
The service got its name from the original Mechanical Turk, an 18th century chess-playing robot that was actually controlled by a human chess master.

— Annie Palmer, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026