All dig out synonyms
dig out
D d verb dig out
- dip β to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
- foil β to cover or back with foil.
- tunnel β an underground passage.
- debilitate β If you are debilitated by something such as an illness, it causes your body or mind to become gradually weaker.
- attenuate β To attenuate something means to reduce it or weaken it.
- mine β an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- corrode β If metal or stone corrodes, or is corroded, it is gradually destroyed by a chemical or by rust.
- disable β make not work
- wear β to carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, equipment, ornament, or the like: to wear a coat; to wear a saber; to wear a disguise.
- soften β to make soft or softer.
- sandbag β a bag filled with sand, used in fortification, as ballast, etc.
- dredge β Also called dredging machine. any of various powerful machines for dredging up or removing earth, as from the bottom of a river, by means of a scoop, a series of buckets, a suction pipe, or the like.
- dig β to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
- hollow β having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty: a hollow sphere.
- disturb β to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
- dislocate β to put out of place; put out of proper relative position; displace: The glacier dislocated great stones. The earthquake dislocated several buildings.
- disentangle β Free (something or someone) from an entanglement; extricate.
- efface β to wipe out; do away with; expunge: to efface one's unhappy memories.
- junk β narcotics, especially heroin.
- relegate β to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition: He has been relegated to a post at the fringes of the diplomatic service.
- depose β If a ruler or political leader is deposed, they are forced to give up their position.
- abstract β An abstract idea or way of thinking is based on general ideas rather than on real things and events.
- unload β to take the load from; remove the cargo or freight from: to unload a truck; to unload a cart.
- doff β to remove or take off, as clothing.
- purge β to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify.
- dislodge β to remove or force out of a particular place: to dislodge a stone with one's foot.
- skim β to take up or remove (floating matter) from the surface of a liquid, as with a spoon or ladle: to skim the cream from milk.
- shed β Textiles. (on a loom) a triangular, transverse opening created between raised and lowered warp threads through which the shuttle passes in depositing the loose pick.
- amputate β To amputate someone's arm or leg means to cut all or part of it off in an operation because it is diseased or badly damaged.
- unseat β to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- detach β If you detach one thing from another that it is fixed to, you remove it. If one thing detaches from another, it becomes separated from it.
- dethrone β If a king, queen, or other powerful person is dethroned, they are removed from their position of power.
- jumble β to mix in a confused mass; put or throw together without order: You've jumbled up all the cards.
- spy β a person employed by a government to obtain secret information or intelligence about another, usually hostile, country, especially with reference to military or naval affairs.
- rake β inclination or slope away from the perpendicular or the horizontal.
- disarray β to put out of array or order; throw into disorder.
- grub β the thick-bodied, sluggish larva of several insects, as of a scarab beetle.
- toss β Terminal Oriented Social Science
- disorganize β to destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or orderly connection of; throw into confusion or disorder.
- root β Elihu [el-uh-hyoo] /ΛΙl ΙΛhyu/ (Show IPA), 1845β1937, U.S. lawyer and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1912.
- shake β to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- disorder β lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion: Your room is in utter disorder.
- delve β If you delve into something, you try to discover new information about it.
- disrupt β to cause disorder or turmoil in: The news disrupted their conference.
- fish β (loosely) any of various other aquatic animals.
- disarrange β to disturb the arrangement of; disorder; unsettle.
- lade β to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- ladle β a long-handled utensil with a cup-shaped bowl for dipping or conveying liquids.
- bail β Bail is a sum of money that an arrested person or someone else puts forward as a guarantee that the arrested person will attend their trial in a law court. If the arrested person does not attend it, the money will be lost.
- gather β to bring together into one group, collection, or place: to gather firewood; to gather the troops.