dug
Moved earth manually
Dug is the past tense and past participle of dig.
You dug a hole yesterday; you have dug many holes in your life.
Separately, a dug is an udder or teat, especially of a domestic animal—now archaic or dialectal: The calf nuzzled at the cow's dug.
Absence in matter
- trenchLong narrow excavation
- pitFruit's hard seed
- shovelTool for moving earth
- spadeFlat-bladed digging implement
soil · dirt · earth · unearthed · buried · grave · garden · foundation
Act of unearthing
- artifactHuman-made historical object
- siteDesignated location
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
- trowelFlat blade for spreading
ruins · relic · fossil · prehistoric · anthropology · tomb · burial · paleontology
Element seventy-nine
- chestRibcage region or strongbox
- buriedPlaced beneath earth
- pirateMaritime thief or bootlegger
- hoardHidden accumulated valuables
loot · booty · riches · coins · unearthed · hidden · map · X marks the spot
Private room or lair
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- warrenInterconnected underground tunnels
- lairAnimal's hidden dwelling
- nestAnimal-built shelter for young
hole · shelter · underground · earthwork · chamber · hollow · foxhole · hideout
hole
Absence in matter
spade · soil · dirt · earth · unearthed · buried · grave · garden · foundation · post
excavation
Act of unearthing
- artifactHuman-made historical object
- siteDesignated location
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
trowel · ruins · relic · fossil · prehistoric · anthropology · tomb · burial · paleontology · potsherd
gold
Element seventy-nine
hoard · loot · booty · riches · coins · unearthed · hidden · map · X marks the spot · cache
den
Private room or lair
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- warrenInterconnected underground tunnels
- lairAnimal's hidden dwelling
nest · hole · shelter · underground · earthwork · chamber · hollow · foxhole · hideout · cavity
teat
Mammary outlet
nursing · lactation · calf · lamb · kid · foal · piglet · mammal · feeding · colostrum
comprehended
Mentally absorbed meaning
- graspedClutched or understood
- appreciatedRecognized worth of
- gottenObtained, past participle
fathomed · followed · absorbed · caught on · picked up · realized · clicked · got it · slang · informal
- dug upExtracted from ground
- dug inEstablished a fortified position
- dug intoExamined or consumed eagerly
- dug outRemoved by digging
- dug in one's heelsRefused to yield
- dug up dirtHarmful information discovered