dug out
Removed from earth
Dug out is the past tense of dig out, meaning to excavate or extract something from the ground or from under other material: We dug out the old foundation.
It also means to retrieve something buried or hidden: She dug out her winter coat from the back of the closet.
Figuratively, to dig out information is to uncover it through effort: The reporter dug out documents proving the fraud.
- foxholeMilitary defensive excavation
- dug inEstablished a fortified position
- exhumedRetrieved from burial
- disinterredRemoved from burial
- bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
bomb shelter · excavation · canoe · cave · burrow · hollow log · mineshaft · scooped · hollowed · unearthed · buried treasure · old records · dug up · trench · shelter · bullpen · pit · pirogue
dug outburied
Placed beneath earth
filled in · covered up · interred · backfilled · reburied
dug outabove ground
Not beneath the surface
surface · on the surface · elevated · raised · aboveground