掘り起こす | Japanese meaning

掘り起こす【ほりおこす】

Frequency rank: 11,852. – 11,879.

Godan verb with 'su' ending; transitive verb

to dig up; to unearth; to uncover

Forms

掘り起こす【ほりおこす】Frequency rank: 11,852. – 11,879.
掘り起す【ほりおこす】
掘起す【ほりおこす】
ほりおこす

Generated definitions (experimental)

to dig up; to unearth; to uncover

This meaning is used when referring to the act of physically digging something out of the ground or discovering something that was previously hidden or buried.

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I dug up the ground and found an old treasure.

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He conducted an investigation to unearth historical artifacts.

Generated collocations (experimental)

digging up workmethod of digging upto excavate ruinsto uncover the truthto unearth historical factsto uncover secretsto dig up informationresults of excavationto unearth forgotten memoriesto dig up used data

Wiktionary definitions (experimental)

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Example sentences

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1. 、。

And, they've already torn up the garden.

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