1. Remove, harvest, or recover by digging
   "The archaeologists dug out ancient artifacts from the site";
   - dig, dig up
    
2. Dig out from underneath earth or snow
   "The rescue team dug out the skier buried in the avalanche"
    
3. Create by digging
   "dig out a channel";
   - dig
    
4. Find, discover or bring to light after significant investigation or search
   "The CIA dug out a plot to kill the President";
   - unearth, root out, dig up

Derived forms: digs out, dug out, digging out

See also: cut into

Type of: core out, dig up, disengage, excavate, free, hollow, hollow out, locate, turn up, unearth