ausgraben — meaning in English

English meaning

• quarry noun A large open pit where stone, sand, or similar material is dug out of the ground.
• unearth verb To dig something out of the ground.

Senses

ausgraben is used for these senses in English:

• dig out (transitive, sometimes, figurative) To find or retrieve something buried.
• dig up (transitive) to excavate something
• quarry (figuratively, transitive) To extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching.
• unearth To dig up.

quarry — full definition

1. noun A large open pit where stone, sand, or similar material is dug out of the ground.
2. noun An animal or person being hunted or pursued.
3. verb To dig stone or other material out of the ground.

unearth — full definition

1. verb To dig something out of the ground.
2. verb To discover or reveal information that was hidden.

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