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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | covered passageway |
| Synonyms: | adit, burrow, channel, crawl space, crawlway, crosscut, drift, hole, hole in the wall, mine, passage, pit, shaft, subway, tube, underpass |
| Main Entry: | bore |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drill hole |
| Synonyms: | burrow, gouge out, mine, penetrate, perforate, pierce, pit, prick, punch, puncture, ream, riddle, sink, tunnel |
| Notes: | a boar is a male pig; a boor is a person with rude, clumsy manners and little refinement; a bore is one that is wearingly dull, repetitive, or tedious |
| Main Entry: | burrow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hole dug by animal |
| Synonyms: | couch, den, hovel, lair, retreat, shelter, tunnel |
| Main Entry: | burrow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dig a hole |
| Synonyms: | delve, excavate, hollow out, scoop out, tunnel, undermine |
| Antonyms: | cover, fill |
| Main Entry: | channel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pathway, usually containing water |
| Synonyms: | approach, aqueduct, arroyo, artery, avenue, canal, canyon, carrier, chamber, chase, conduit, course, dig, ditch, duct, fluting, furrow, gouge, groove, gully, gutter, main, means, medium, pass, passage, pipe, raceway, route, runway, sewer, slit, sound, strait, tideway, trough, tube, tunnel, vein, watercourse, way |
| Main Entry: | dig |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delve into; hollow out |
| Synonyms: | bore, break up, bulldoze, burrow, cat, channel, clean, concave, deepen, depress, dig down, discover, dredge, drill, drive, enter, excavate, exhume, fork out, go into, gouge, grub, harvest, hoe, investigate, mine, penetrate, pierce, pit, probe, produce, quarry, root, root out, rout, sap, scoop, scoop out, search, shovel, sift, spade, till, tunnel, turn over, uncover, undermine, unearth |
| Antonyms: | fill |
| Main Entry: | excavate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dig up |
| Synonyms: | burrow, cut, delve, empty, gouge, grub, hollow, mine, quarry, scoop, scrape, shovel, spade, trench, tunnel, uncover, unearth |
| Antonyms: | fill |
| Main Entry: | gouge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut, scoop |
| Synonyms: | burrow, claw, dig, dredge, excavate, gash, groove, scrape, scratch, shovel, tunnel |
| Main Entry: | hole |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opening in a solid object |
| Synonyms: | aperture, breach, break, burrow, cave, cavern, cavity, chamber, chasm, chink, cistern, cleft, covert, crack, cranny, crater, cut, den, dent, depression, dimple, dip, excavation, eyelet, fissure, foramen, fracture, gap, gash, gorge, hollow, hovel, keyhole, lacuna, lair, leak, mouth, nest, niche, nick, notch, orifice, outlet, passage, peephole, perforation, pit, pocket, pockmark, puncture, rent, retreat, scoop, shaft, shelter, space, split, tear, tunnel, vacuity, vent, void, window |
| Notes: | a hole is an opening or cavity into or through something, while whole means complete, not divided |
| Antonyms: | closure, solid |
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