digging up

1. 1.

   the act of digging something up out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried

   Synonymsexhumationdisinterment

   Broaderact

Questions about digging up

What does digging up mean?

digging up means "the act of digging something up out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried".

What is another word for digging up?

Close synonyms include exhumation, disinterment. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is digging up a common word?