What is the meaning of dig up?

Find by digging in the ground.
- usage: "I dug up an old box in the garden"
- synonyms: excavate, turn up
Remove, harvest, or recover by digging.
- usage: "dig salt"; "dig coal"
- synonyms: dig, dig out

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