scoured β to range over, as in a search: They scoured the countryside for the lost child.
searched β to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
shoveled β an implement consisting of a broad blade or scoop attached to a long handle, used for taking up, removing, or throwing loose matter, as earth, snow, or coal.
plodded β to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge: to plod under the weight of a burden.
slogged β to hit hard, as in boxing or cricket; slug.
sweated β Informal. (of clothes) made to be worn for exercise, sports, or other physical activity. made of the absorbent fabric used for such clothes: sweat dresses. of, for, or associated with such clothes: the sweat look in sportswear.
toiled β hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
dug β a simple past tense and past participle of dig1. and dig2 .
excavated β Simple past tense and past participle of excavate.
burrowed β a hole or tunnel in the ground made by a rabbit, fox, or similar animal for habitation and refuge.
unearthed β to dig or get out of the earth; dig up.
nurtured β to feed and protect: to nurture one's offspring.
bugged β Also called true bug, hemipteran, hemipteron. a hemipterous insect.
wormed β Zoology. any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids.
