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1 dig
[diɡ] 1. present participle - digging; verb1) (to turn up (earth) with a spade etc: to dig the garden.) kopat, rýt2) (to make (a hole) in this way: The child dug a tunnel in the sand.) vyhloubit, vykopat3) (to poke: He dug his brother in the ribs with his elbow.) dloubnout2. noun(a poke: a dig in the ribs; I knew that his remarks about women drivers were a dig at me (= a joke directed at me).) dloubnutí, rýpnutí- digger- dig out
- dig up* * *• hloubit• kopat• kopnout• dig/dug/dug -
2 excavate
['ekskəveit]1) (to dig up (a piece of ground etc) or to dig out (a hole) by doing this.) vyhloubit2) (in archaeology, to uncover or open up (a structure etc remaining from earlier times) by digging: The archaeologist excavated an ancient fortress.) vykopat, odkrýt•- excavator* * *• vykopat• hloubit -
3 quarry
I 1. ['kwori] plural - quarries; noun(a place, usually a very large hole in the ground, from which stone is got for building etc.) lom2. verb(to dig (stone) in a quarry.) lámat kámenII ['kwori] plural - quarries; noun1) (a hunted animal or bird.) kořist2) (someone or something that is hunted, chased or eagerly looked for.) oběť pronásledování* * *• těžit• kořist• lom• lovná zvěř• oběť
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dig out — verb 1. create by digging dig a hole dig out a channel • Syn: ↑dig • Derivationally related forms: ↑dig (for: ↑dig), ↑digger … Useful english dictionary
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