Reverse Dictionary: DIG

ADJECTIVES
► EFFODIENT digging, accustomed to dig → 1847

NOUNS
► EFFOSSION the act of digging out of the ground → 1657 obs.
► SUFFOSSION digging under or up; an undermining → 1623 obs.

VERBS
► BEDELVE to dig round or about → c1000 obs.
► CAST UP to dig up, to dig → 1660 obs.
► CROW to dig → 1853 S. Afr.
► EFFODE to dig out of the ground, to dig up → 1612 obs.
► EFFODIATE to dig out of the ground, to dig up → 1612 obs.
► EFFODICATE to dig out of the ground, to dig up → 1599 obs.
► GRABBLE to dig, esp. with the hands; to dig up potatoes, or rarely peanuts so as to leave the plant intact → c1770 Amer. dial.
► GRAVEL to dig, esp. with the hands; to dig up potatoes, or rarely peanuts so as to leave the plant intact → 1909 Amer. dial.
► PASTINATE to dig, to loosen by digging; to dig in a garden → c1420 obs.
► SCRAT to dig; to rake together → 1859 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SPIT to dig with a spade; to delve → 1393 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► TEAL ► TEEL to dig; to plant in the ground, esp. to set potatoes → 1874 Eng. dial.
► UMBEDELVE to dig round → c1440 obs.
► YACK ► YARK to dig out; to force up by the roots → 1899 Sc. & Eng. dial.