What is the meaning of digging up?

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noun

The act of digging something out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried.
- synonyms: exhumation, disinterment

verb

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

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