digging out (verb)
1dig out — verb 1. create by digging dig a hole dig out a channel • Syn: ↑dig • Derivationally related forms: ↑dig (for: ↑dig), ↑digger …
2gouge out — verb make gouges into a surface The woman s spiked heels gouged out the wooden floor • Hypernyms: ↑cut out • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Something s something * * * ˌgouge ˈ …
3dig out — verb Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. find, unearth 2. to make hollow by digging intransitive verb take off 2a …
4dig out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms dig out : present tense I/you/we/they dig out he/she/it digs out present participle digging out past tense dug out past participle dug out 1) to get something out of a place or out of the ground by digging… …
5hollow out — verb remove the interior of hollow out a tree trunk • Syn: ↑hollow, ↑core out • Derivationally related forms: ↑hollow (for: ↑hollow) • Hypernyms …
6scent out — verb To find by following a scent. Be careful what you do, rejoined another mans voice that I did not know, lest someone see you digging, and scent us out. Syn: sniff out …
7dig out — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you dig someone or something out of a place, you get them out by digging or by forcing them from the things surrounding them. [V n P of n] ...digging minerals out of the Earth... [V n P of n] Rescue crews have been digging… …
8gouge out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms gouge out : present tense I/you/we/they gouge out he/she/it gouges out present participle gouging out past tense gouged out past participle gouged out to remove something from a surface by cutting or digging… …
9ˌgouge sth ˈout — phrasal verb to remove something from a surface by cutting or digging with a sharp object …
10gouge — gouge1 [ gaudʒ ] verb transitive 1. ) to cut long deep holes in something 2. ) to make someone pay more money than they should: They managed to gouge a small fortune out of my father. Merchants were warned against price gouging. ,gouge out… …
